. Birds of the Bible . )ork asunclian food. Goats were herded in large flocks for theirmilk, and sheep for food and wool. Both of these wereused for sacrifice in religious rites, the hair in weaving,and the skins for water and wine bottles. Cinnamon bear and wolves are still found in the ra-^•ines of (ialilee and the mountains of Hermon. Deerare abundant in Syria, and weri ])ermitttd in liible timesas food. Hart was a daily articK of diet at Solomonstable. II\-ena, jackal, leoj)ar(l, and lion r;ingi(l the moun-tains and wildernesses. Of smaller land animals therew( re the badger, hare, hedgeho
. Birds of the Bible . )ork asunclian food. Goats were herded in large flocks for theirmilk, and sheep for food and wool. Both of these wereused for sacrifice in religious rites, the hair in weaving,and the skins for water and wine bottles. Cinnamon bear and wolves are still found in the ra-^•ines of (ialilee and the mountains of Hermon. Deerare abundant in Syria, and weri ])ermitttd in liible timesas food. Hart was a daily articK of diet at Solomonstable. II\-ena, jackal, leoj)ar(l, and lion r;ingi(l the moun-tains and wildernesses. Of smaller land animals therew( re the badger, hare, hedgehog, porcu|)ine, weasel, li/.ard,bat, and mouse. Upon the dead of these the vultures. LAUK NKST STHATTON-PORTER Jltf hirli ill the i^raifi fuhls of liodz. THE PLACE m fcastid; u])on tlu youiiy, tlie caoks; and on tlio small,the owls. Wolves and jackals had been tamed and bred throuf^hgenerations into dogs, and although they are not men-tioned in the Bible, cats were conunon and so sacredly heldin Egypt that at death their bodies wert preserved, anddeposited in an especial shrine at liiibastis. ^\pes wereimported, and leopards confined for pets. The insects mentioned arc flies, lice, fleas, beetles,locusts, moths, spiders, and bees, all of which furnishedmore bird-food. The hived bees of Kngland, SouthernEurope, and our coinitry are from Bible lands, and thereAvere wild bees In myriads attracted by the aromatic odorof flowers, and spice and gum-bearing bushes. In Psalmsyou will find this line, They compassed me about likebees, so you may be sure they had been seen by wrote in his Prover])s this epigram on honey andwisdom : Mj son, eat thou honey, f
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