. A dictionary of the Bible .. . e in different parts of the view would obviate the alleged difficulty alludedto above ; for there would be no necessity for thejackals to run any great distance in order to insurethe greatest amount of damage to the crops: 150ditiereut centres, so to speak, of conflagrationthroughout the country of the Philistines must haveburnt up nearly all their corn ; and, from the wholecontext, it is evident that the injury done was oneof almost unlimited extent. With respect to the jackals and foxes of Palestine,there is no doubt that the common jackal of the
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . e in different parts of the view would obviate the alleged difficulty alludedto above ; for there would be no necessity for thejackals to run any great distance in order to insurethe greatest amount of damage to the crops: 150ditiereut centres, so to speak, of conflagrationthroughout the country of the Philistines must haveburnt up nearly all their corn ; and, from the wholecontext, it is evident that the injury done was oneof almost unlimited extent. With respect to the jackals and foxes of Palestine,there is no doubt that the common jackal of the b We remember some years ago testing this fondnessfor grapes in the jackals, foxes, and wolves, in theRegents Park Zoological Gardens. The two first-namedanimals ate the fruit with avidity, but the wolves v/ouldnot touch It. liv FROG country is the Canis aureus, which may be heardevery night in the villages. Heniprich and Ehren-beig [ pt. i.) speak of a vulpme animal,under the name of Canis Syriacus, as occurring in. Lebanon. Col. H. Smith has figured an animal towhich he gives the name of Syrian , or VulpesThaleb, or Taaleb ; but we have been quite unableto identify the animal with any known Egyptian Vulpes Niloticus, and doubtless the
Size: 1611px × 1551px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookiddictiona, booksubjectbible
