. Sacred geography, and antiquities . HEAD OF THE SYRIAN GOAT. ix.^^^*. ? Jvi\^-- ^^ THE LION PALESTINE. 221 The broad-tailed variety of sheep is very common in Palestine. The tailis the part (rendered rump in our version) which was to be removed in thecase of certain sacrifices, and burned on the altar. Lev, 3 ; 9 ;- 7 : 3 ; 8 : 25 ;9 : 19. Its weight is often fifteen pounds and more. 25. Of the ivild animals mentioned in Scripture, the lion hasdisappeared from Palestine; and the bear, once common in theland, is very rare at present, except in the mountains of Leba-non. Tristram encountered a
. Sacred geography, and antiquities . HEAD OF THE SYRIAN GOAT. ix.^^^*. ? Jvi\^-- ^^ THE LION PALESTINE. 221 The broad-tailed variety of sheep is very common in Palestine. The tailis the part (rendered rump in our version) which was to be removed in thecase of certain sacrifices, and burned on the altar. Lev, 3 ; 9 ;- 7 : 3 ; 8 : 25 ;9 : 19. Its weight is often fifteen pounds and more. 25. Of the ivild animals mentioned in Scripture, the lion hasdisappeared from Palestine; and the bear, once common in theland, is very rare at present, except in the mountains of Leba-non. Tristram encountered a brown Syrian bear in the WadyHamdm, which enters the plain of Gennesaret at its westernside. Other wild beasts are the leopard, wolf, hyena, jackal, fox,with a multitude of smaller animals. The leopard, wolf, and hyena are not common. The leopard inhabitsthe heights of Lebanon and Hermon, and is occasionally found in Pales-tine ; in the jungles of the Jordan, for example, and the canebrakes aroundthe fountains on the shore of the Dead sea. Tristram, pp. 242, 274.
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