. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. [Rice. Oryxa sativa.} a Dr Bowrings Report, 96. *> Theoph. Hist. Plant, iv. 5. c Dios. Hist. Plant, ii. 117. d Strabo, Geog. lib. xvii. adfin. e Ibid. lib. xvi. f Mishna, tit. Demai, cap. ii. sec. 1. B Mishna, tit. Peah, cap. viii. sec .3; tit. Challa, cap. i. sec. 4; tit. Bava-mezia, cap. iii. sec. ; Mishna, tit. Sheevith, cap. ii. sects. 7-10. Chap. VII.] HISTORY OF THE MONTHS—SEPTEMBER. cccxvii that the Hebrews had any knowledge of rice before the Babylonian captivity, it is more thanprobable that, on their

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. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. [Rice. Oryxa sativa.} a Dr Bowrings Report, 96. *> Theoph. Hist. Plant, iv. 5. c Dios. Hist. Plant, ii. 117. d Strabo, Geog. lib. xvii. adfin. e Ibid. lib. xvi. f Mishna, tit. Demai, cap. ii. sec. 1. B Mishna, tit. Peah, cap. viii. sec .3; tit. Challa, cap. i. sec. 4; tit. Bava-mezia, cap. iii. sec. ; Mishna, tit. Sheevith, cap. ii. sects. 7-10. Chap. VII.] HISTORY OF THE MONTHS—SEPTEMBER. cccxvii that the Hebrews had any knowledge of rice before the Babylonian captivity, it is more thanprobable that, on their return, they brought the culture with them from the banks of theEuphrates— on the lower and marshy parts of which river it is still cultivated with muchfacility and success. But there is no likelihood that this important grain was ever cultivatedto any considerable extent in a country generally so dry as Palestine. The culture seems tohave been concentrated in certain districts—probably the same in which it is still found. The figure which we have given must suppl

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