Gergesa
   =Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, "over against
   Galilee," close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the
   miracle, Mark 5:1-20, etc. "From the base of the great plateau
   of Bashan, 2,000 feet or more overhead, the ground slopes down
   steeply, in places precipitously, to the shore. And at the foot
   of the declivity a bold spur runs out to the water's edge. By it
   the frantic swine would rush on headlong into the lake and
   perish." Porter's Through Samaria. (See GADARA.)