If our travellers looked up to their summits they saw the wild ruggedness of their covering; if they looked downwards they saw abysses in which the water thundered.

An eagle flew through the solitude and vultures screamed in the storm-beaten cedars.

The men from the fertile plains of the Galilean Lake had never seen such wild nature.

Simon was so enchanted that he wanted to build huts there for himself, his comrades, and the Prophet.

The other disciples shuddered, and would gladly have persuaded the Master to return.