. A dictionary of the Bible .. . uring his march over these very plains. . The country. says he, was a plain through-out, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; ifany other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there theyhad all an aromatic smell, but no trees appeared. .The asses, when they were pursued, having gainedground on the hoises, stood still ^for they exceededthem much in speed); and when these came upwith them they did the same thing again ....The flesh of those that were taken was like that ofa red deer, but more tender { §5). Infleetness, continues Mr. Layaid, they equal thegaze
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . uring his march over these very plains. . The country. says he, was a plain through-out, as even as the sea, and full of wormwood ; ifany other kind of shrubs or reeds grew there theyhad all an aromatic smell, but no trees appeared. .The asses, when they were pursued, having gainedground on the hoises, stood still ^for they exceededthem much in speed); and when these came upwith them they did the same thing again ....The flesh of those that were taken was like that ofa red deer, but more tender { §5). Infleetness, continues Mr. Layaid, they equal thegazelle, and to overtake them is a feat which onlyone or two of the most celebrated mares have beenknown to accomplish (Annals and vol. vi. No. 34-, p. 243). The subjoined woodcut represents some khid ofwild ass deyjicted on monuments at Persepolis. Ghor-Kliur or Koulan. (Afii,u3 onager.)Specimen in British Museum. animal, which is perhaps only a variety of Asinusonager, inhabits Tibet, Mongolia, and Southern.
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