. Birds of the Bible . )parel, and his cup-bearers, and hisascent by which he went into the house of the I^ord;there was no more spirit in her. And she said to theking, It was a true report that I heard in mine own landof thy acts and of thy wisdom. So she presented her great gift of spices, one hundredand twenty talents of gold, and ])recious stones; and theking returned her courtesy by allowing her to select fromhis possessions anything that pleased her fancv. I amvery sure that she took some peacocks among her selec-tions, for most womiU love to own a j)eacock if tliev can,and be like one i
. Birds of the Bible . )parel, and his cup-bearers, and hisascent by which he went into the house of the I^ord;there was no more spirit in her. And she said to theking, It was a true report that I heard in mine own landof thy acts and of thy wisdom. So she presented her great gift of spices, one hundredand twenty talents of gold, and ])recious stones; and theking returned her courtesy by allowing her to select fromhis possessions anything that pleased her fancv. I amvery sure that she took some peacocks among her selec-tions, for most womiU love to own a j)eacock if tliev can,and be like one if they have an opportunity. THE STORK ^Yca, ihc .stork in the heaven herappointed times.— 8 Chapter XVTHE STORK The stork first appeared in tlic Bible among the birdsof abomination, and it is remarkable tbat the crane did notalso; for the birds are relatives, and of such similar habitthat one would think ]Moscs would have classed them to-gether. Yet the distinction he made was observed down tothe Christian era, for Plinv quoted Cornelius Xepos, whodied in the days of Augustus C;esar, as saying that inhis time storks Avere holden for a better dish at theboard than cranes. Pliny added, And yet see, how inour age now, no man will touch a stork if it be set beforeliim on the board, but every one is ready to reach intothe crane, and no dish is more in request, He also wrote, Storks are so highl} regarded for theslaying of ser})ents in Thessaly, it is regarded as a capitalcrime to kill a stork, and by law he is punished as incase of manslaughter. This stringent law may accountfor the hesitancy of Italians of early days about tastingstork meat. Death penalties are not things with
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