. Birds of the Bible . )revious to those days Avere ])os-sesscd of the secret of manufacturing vessels of porce-lain and decorating tliiiii with the essence of jjoesy. Egypt, Arabia, and Canaan are the locations in whichthe scenes of Bible history were enacted. Here is tlu veryearth trodden by ]Moses, Solomon, David, Isaiah, . dohn. Iluse are tlu mountains they climbid, thelakes where they fished, the rivers in whic-h they hatlud. ]\I()st of tin- action of the Hible takes place in little strip of country, one hundred and torty milesin length, and averaging from sixty to o
. Birds of the Bible . )revious to those days Avere ])os-sesscd of the secret of manufacturing vessels of porce-lain and decorating tliiiii with the essence of jjoesy. Egypt, Arabia, and Canaan are the locations in whichthe scenes of Bible history were enacted. Here is tlu veryearth trodden by ]Moses, Solomon, David, Isaiah, . dohn. Iluse are tlu mountains they climbid, thelakes where they fished, the rivers in whic-h they hatlud. ]\I()st of tin- action of the Hible takes place in little strip of country, one hundred and torty milesin length, and averaging from sixty to one hundred milesin width, lying along the east end of the Mediterranean,had gnatir variation in climate, soil, vegetation, plantand animal lifi than any other of the same si/.e in tluwhole \\orld. Any swift bird could il\ tlu length or. THE K IjiTudth of tlie country in ;i few , yet Iwrv thefertile Jordan ^alley, one thousand three huiuhed feetbelow sen levil: here rose the snow-capped ranfi;es of Her-nion and T^hanon from two to tlirei tliousand feet above,lietween these extremes could be found rich valleys,broad, fertile plains, hiohlands, foothills, and low moun-tains. David described the natural springs of that land: He sendeth forth springs into the vallejs ; They run among the mountains ; Thej give drink to everj- l)east of tlie field ; The wild asses quench their thirst. B} them the fowls of the heaven have their liahitation, Thej- sing among the branches. There were cold mountain rivulets. daNhino- throuL>h rockyfiorf^es; peaceful rivers crossin*; the plains and valleys;the orcat salt sea lyino in the interior, the ^lediterra-nean on the west, and the desert stretching away onthe cast. Over all a tropical sun streamed, its rays broken bymountains and rank forests; while cool wind from the
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