. Birds of the Bible . tmmma^tAmmm THE GEESE OF MAVDOON One of ihc uUhst picftircs in ihc xc. oscd to he tJic prat bird picture. THE 51) from his birth anywhuro to filtLcn hundred years previous,lived Moses, Solomon, Job, and David, and they were studi-ous men of wealth and high position. The difference be-tween their writings lies in the fact that what Bible his-torians record is colored by the truth, sanity, and clear in-sight of believers in an Ahnighty God. What , and Pliny wrote is touched with supersti-tion, paganism, and the improbable. Pliny drew largely on
. Birds of the Bible . tmmma^tAmmm THE GEESE OF MAVDOON One of ihc uUhst picftircs in ihc xc. oscd to he tJic prat bird picture. THE 51) from his birth anywhuro to filtLcn hundred years previous,lived Moses, Solomon, Job, and David, and they were studi-ous men of wealth and high position. The difference be-tween their writings lies in the fact that what Bible his-torians record is colored by the truth, sanity, and clear in-sight of believers in an Ahnighty God. What , and Pliny wrote is touched with supersti-tion, paganism, and the improbable. Pliny drew largely on Aristotle, who divided the birdsinto eight princij)al groups. Tiiis seemed too com})licatt(lfor Plin}, so he simplified matters to the last degree andmade three groups, which he described in A GeneralDivision of Fowls. The first and principal difference and distinction inbirds is taken from their feet; for they have either hookedtalons, as Hawks, or round long claws, as Hens; or elsethey be broad, flat, and wliole-footed, as Geese, and allthe sort in manner of water-fowl. Pliny first dis
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