Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ar impresses the beholderwith the idea of its comparative immortality. Thereis a firmness in the bark and a stability in the trunk,in the mode in which it lays hold of the ground, andin the form of the branches and their insertion intcthe trunk, scarcely found in any other tree. The foli-age, too, is superior to that of any other of
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ar impresses the beholderwith the idea of its comparative immortality. Thereis a firmness in the bark and a stability in the trunk,in the mode in which it lays hold of the ground, andin the form of the branches and their insertion intcthe trunk, scarcely found in any other tree. The foli-age, too, is superior to that of any other of the foresttribe, each branch being perfect in its form. Thepoints of the leaves spread upwards into little tufts,and the whole upper surface of the branch has theappearance of rich green velvet. The remaining relics of this once noble forest are,certainly, the most celebrated natural monuments inthe universe; and to Masons, among the most highlyinteresting, as they were living though silent wit-nesses of the preparation by the craftsmen of Solomonof their mates and contemporaries, for supports andadornments of the wonderful Temple on MountMoriah. Their evergreen boughs, and the imperishable na-ture of the wood, are typical of the imperishable prin- I^^KSgf.
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