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grai thus obtained rom the arth as hept in Subterranea store-houses, an even caVerns; ut in progres of time granaries aboveste earin ere uili, both in Egypt an Palestine, se Gen. 41 35. Exod 1 11. 1 Chron. 27 28.

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Isa. 27 2. Somo vines in easterii countries, heia supporte bytrees, gro tot great height an magnitude Such are ad the Sinues and sceptres Oflings. The vine rowin spontaneoiasty of hichise have spolien,

degenerate Or Strange ine. The in os Sodom nti et is ille sols)Dion mel ingerim, the fruit Os hieli, a Was sal above is calle l

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grapes ere luched strand carrie to the ine-press, in λονός Whieli as in the vineyard Isa 5 2. Zech. 14 I0. Hais 2 16 Mati. 21 33 Rev. 14 19, 20. The presses consiste of tW receptacles, hic were either uili of stones an covere With plaster orheWn ut os a large Och. The uppe receptacle, calle ra, rescit is constructe at the present time in Persia, is nearly eight feet square an sola see high. Into his the grapes are thrown and redden ut sue men. The uice imum, soWs ut into the lower receptaele called in through a grate aperture, hie is made in the fide Dear

musica instruments and the reader a the jumped exclaimed,

i dxie grapes, hen soahe in Wine an pressed a secon time, Wasmanufacture stoeet ine, hic cis also calle ne Wine ovum, γλευκος, Acts 2 13. 7.

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In the Scriptures, ardens are denominate fro the prev lene o certain reos a the arden o nuis, ira ga, and thegardeo o Carthaginia apples or omegranates, Miu nidi, Cant. 6 11. The fores of palms also in the lain O Jericho, Was ni a large arden, in hieli ther troes ere interspersedamong the palms, Strabo, p. 768. The modern oriental are noles son o gardens than were the ancient HebreWs notini be-

cause the yield the riches fruits, ut ecause the hade is very res resiling, and the air is cooled by the waters of hiel theirgardens are neve allowe to e destitute 1 ings 21 2. 2 ings 25 4. Hos 9 13. Cant. 4 13 6 11. Eccles 2 5. Joh 18 1.19 41 20 15. The Hebrews ad an attachment to arden asa place of buriat hunc the frequently bulli sepulchre in them, 2 ings 9 27. 21: 18. Mati. 5 46. Mati. 26 36. Jolin 18 1, 2.

A lonsant region is called in arden Os God, ' i. e. a region X- tremel plausant The troes hiel the ardens constanti dis- playod a re osten sed figurativel sor meri. Those hieli refourishin and ruit sui denote good mena the uris ruit fui an bar-ron. iched On and Osty Od ars in particular are the emblem of

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D71. OLIVE TREEs. 79pared to a forest, and a multitude of Wichedion to briars, Isa. 9 10. 10 19, 33, 34. 11 1. Severa trees, hicli are osten mentioned in the Scriptures, but o very ellanOWn, e hallio describe in a

71. OLIVE TREEs. Olive Trees, hi, Tri, ere a very ancient an prostable objectis agriculture. It branches a early a Gen. 8 11 and sincethat time amori ali nations have been a symbol of eace and prosperity. Oil g rs mentioned Gen. 28 18. Job 24 11, hichproves the cultivatio of this re t have been ery ancient. Olives in Palestine are of the est growth and assor the bestisti; hende his regio is osten extolle On account of this tree, and es-peciali in opposition to Egypt Whieli is destitute of good olives, Num. 18 12. Deut 7 13. 11 14 12 17 18 4. and that ista

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both called si olive rees. The are evertheles of disserent Ends, though the are Sometimes cons unde by the Greeks thesel s. The fruit of the cotinus is sed sor no Other purpos than coloring but the oleaster, the Agrippa Elaeamus os inneus, 'lua yx, is that species of Wil olive, hos branches, se Schulet, in Paulus' Collectio os raveis VI 290. are raste into arren

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D73. THE POMEGRANATE. 81 and comes o maturit in August. III. The inter A Whieli germinates in August, an does notaripe untii the falling of the leaves, whielicis about the en o November. It is longe and of a browner color than the thers. Allig When ripe, butisspeciali the untime-ly sal spontaneoiasty Nahum 3 12. The early fg are eaten, butgomerare dried in the sun and preserve in masses hicli are calleddibis, ri,M 1 Sam. 25 18 30:12. Nings 20 7 1 Chron. 12 40. The parabie in Luke 13 6 et seq. . unde in the oriental mode of

mulberr tree, and is ver common notini in Egypt but in Judea, especiali in the o lands, 1 Chron. 27 28. 2 Chron. 1 15. 9 27. Ps. 78 47. It bod is large an iis branche numerOUS, OWingnearly in a horizontal direction; by means of iis branches it is asyo ascent, Line 19:4 5. It is alWaysareen. It w00d whichris of adar hue, endures a thougand years, and was theres ore much used inbuilding 1 Chron. 27 28. Isa. 9:10. Iis fruit, hic Mes no spring om the branehes and among the leaves, but romine trun itfel resembles therag though it is destitute of seeds It is ver luscious, and liene hvrisu to the stomach it is not theres ore, eaten, exceptfor the want of something etter. The fruit does notisipe unlessit is pened, ha by the ad oris iece of iron, so that theciuice, Whic resembles milh may be emitted then a the ound groWSblach, it comes o maturity Amos 7 14. The re is ver productive, ieldin iis fruits even times a year, and affording a Suppi oflaod sor the oor, durini ur monilis of the year comptam Arabie Chrestomathy, p. 114. 73. ΗΕ OMEGRANATE , m. The ree, Whiel bears his name, grows in Persia, Arabia, Egypt an Palestine. It is no a tali reo, and at a litile distancesto the ground 8hoot out into a multitude of branches in Onsequence of hich, i is considered by omo meret a shrub. The Duit it bears is ver beautisu to the ye, and ple an to the pMateucit is abolit the Sige of a large apple, say tW O three inches

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82 D74. THE BALSAM. in diameter, and is encircle at the uppe part it Somestinguesemblingi crown. At sirs it exhibita a reen appearance, but in Augus an September it appears of a reddisti color, approximatingis a brown the in is hic an hard but asilyarohen. The interior of the omegranate is fis yello color. There Seem tobe a number of interna riniis, hicli are os and ricli, an assordaciuice, hic fro iis effect o the palate a be calle bitte

sWeet. The Seed are Ometimes litte and Ometime purple, Num. 20 5. Deut 8 8. The artificia pomegranates, adeo resembleste natural Ones, eremo mali Ornament, Exod. 28 33, 34 1,ings7: 18. NΟΤΕ. Citro an orange-trees appea to have been transplantedat Some recent period from Persia into Palestine. ad the been native productions os Palestine, the HebreWs learly Ouidio have Wante a nam so them so the phrase, et the fruit os agoos tree, Lev. 23 40, means either the citron nor the Orange, but the fruit o any richare Whatever se instanc the pomegranateor date.*74. ΗΕ BALSAM. The balsam is both a fruit an a ree. The odoriferous balsam,so salutar in Some cases O health, Heb. 'ricis no gathere si omthe re in emen called by the Arabic nam Abii hamm,aut is distilled rom a fruit, hieli is indigenous o the mountain o Merea an Medina. The fruit hieli produces his distillation, a solando becultivatsed in the ixteenti an seventeenth centuries in gypt at Matara, no sar rom Grand Cairo, in gardens That it a culti- vate in his Way at a very ancient perio in Gilead, and also intho vicinit of Jericho an Engedi appears sto many asSageSo Seripture, Gen. 37 25. 43:11. Jer 8 22 46:11. 5l: 8 see also the Histor os Tacitus, Bh. V. c. 6. J ephus in his ewishWar Bk. IV. c. 8. I. compared illi his Antiquities, h. VIII. c. 6. i. Bh. XX. . . D2.-Pliny' Natura Hist. h. XII. . Diodorus Siculus, XIX. c. 98. Strabo 763, and Justin Trogus XXXVI.

c. 2. So that the conjectures an statemenis, rought against whuc is horo sint sed cannot old There are three species of the