. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . J<c/idenPubltj/ie,f-7)cc!J*/jjSg,bv & Cf =*OTfc- Of PEARLS. *npHE uiips which navigated the Red Sea brought gold7- and filver from Ophir and Tarfhifh; they broughtmyrrh, frankincenfe, and ivory, from Saba, and variouskinds of fpices from the continent of Afia, acrofs the Indianocean. If .we judge by the little notice taken of them in veryancient times, the treafures which lay nearer home, in theirown feas, and upon their own mores, were very little foughtafter, o
. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . J<c/idenPubltj/ie,f-7)cc!J*/jjSg,bv & Cf =*OTfc- Of PEARLS. *npHE uiips which navigated the Red Sea brought gold7- and filver from Ophir and Tarfhifh; they broughtmyrrh, frankincenfe, and ivory, from Saba, and variouskinds of fpices from the continent of Afia, acrofs the Indianocean. If .we judge by the little notice taken of them in veryancient times, the treafures which lay nearer home, in theirown feas, and upon their own mores, were very little foughtafter, or fpoken of, in the days when the navigation of theArabian gulf was at its height. We are not, however, to be-lieve that the pearl flfhery, even in thofe days, was totallyneglected; but foreign trade was grown to fuch a magnitude,and its value fo immenfe, that we are not to be furprifed, thatarticles, that were only a matter of ornament and luxury,or of domeftic ufe, and did not enter into the medium ofVol. V. Gg commerce, .22a APPENDIX. commerce, were little fpoken of, however clofely fallowedand well u
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