. Notes, critical, illustrative, and practical, on the book of Job: with a new translation, and an introductory dissertation;. rly periods of theworld. They had no guns as wehave; but they early learned the artof setting gins and snares by whichthey were taken. In illustrating thispassage, it will not be inappropriateto refer to some of the modes of hunt-ing practised by the ancient Egyptians,and to introduce here some cutsvyhich may illustrate that mode. Thecuts will show that substantially thesame methods were practised then in catching birds and taking wild beastsas now, and that there is l
. Notes, critical, illustrative, and practical, on the book of Job: with a new translation, and an introductory dissertation;. rly periods of theworld. They had no guns as wehave; but they early learned the artof setting gins and snares by whichthey were taken. In illustrating thispassage, it will not be inappropriateto refer to some of the modes of hunt-ing practised by the ancient Egyptians,and to introduce here some cutsvyhich may illustrate that mode. Thecuts will show that substantially thesame methods were practised then in catching birds and taking wild beastsas now, and that there is little noveltyin modern practices. The ancientshad not only traps, nets, and springs,but also bird-lime smeared upontwigs, and made use of stalking-horses, setting-dogs, &c. The variousmethods in which this was done, maybe seen described at length in Wilkin-sons Manners and Customs of theAncient Egyptians, vol. iii. pp. following cuts will illustratesome of those methods. The noose was employed to catchthe wild ox, the antelope, and otheranimals. The following cuts aretaken from drawings atBeni Hassan Fig.
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