A Swim In The Dead Sea

A Swim in the Dead Sea

Everyone has heard of the buoyancy of the water of the Dead Sea. It is virtually impossible to sink in the Dead Sea, and so great is the quantity of salt in the water that if you dip your hand in and draw it out again, you will immediately see the salt crystalizing in the sun. It is needless to remark that an involuntary mouthful of Dead Sea water is a horrible experience, never likely to be forgotten by the bather. However, if you don't stay in the water too long, a swim in the Dead Sea is a very extraordinary and pleasurable experience. The shores as is well known, are strangely desolate, and they are strewn with bits of wood and branches of trees all crusted with brine in the most curious manner, and woe unto anyone who goes into this water having open cuts or scratches on his body.