. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . mb. ix. Jewish writers reckon five species of these bitterherbs. 1. Chuzareth, or lettuce. 2. UZsi?i, supposedto be endive or succory. 3. Tamca, probably Charub binim, or camomile. 5. Meror, sow-this-tle, dandelion, or wild lettuce. Forskal, the friendand fellow traveller of Niebuhr, says, that the Jews inSana and in Egypt, eat the lettuce with the paschallamb.
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . mb. ix. Jewish writers reckon five species of these bitterherbs. 1. Chuzareth, or lettuce. 2. UZsi?i, supposedto be endive or succory. 3. Tamca, probably Charub binim, or camomile. 5. Meror, sow-this-tle, dandelion, or wild lettuce. Forskal, the friendand fellow traveller of Niebuhr, says, that the Jews inSana and in Egypt, eat the lettuce with the paschallamb. CUCUMBERS AND MELONS. Mentioned only in Numbers xi. 5. These vegetablesabound in the East, particularly in Egypt, and aremuch superior to those of this country. The watermelon is cultivated on the banks of the Nile, in therich clayey earth which subsides during the inunda-tion, from the beginning of May to the end of July, or CUCIDIBEKS AND MELONS. 177 the beginning of August; and in the Delta, especiallyat Beulos, whence the largest and best are serve the Egyptians for meat, drink, and common people eat them with bread, and scarcelyever taste them ripe. They serve them like wine for H _.
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