. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. ear swords, being expert in war;Each biars his sword on his account of the perils of the Solomon hath made for himselfThis couch of the wood of pillars l;ath he made of bases of gold, its cushions of middle of it is spread with love|By the daughters of Jerusalem. § This is a very clear description of a splendid palanquin or litter, and shows that this con-veyance was then in use among great people,as it was in Egypt, and is still, in one form o
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. ear swords, being expert in war;Each biars his sword on his account of the perils of the Solomon hath made for himselfThis couch of the wood of pillars l;ath he made of bases of gold, its cushions of middle of it is spread with love|By the daughters of Jerusalem. § This is a very clear description of a splendid palanquin or litter, and shows that this con-veyance was then in use among great people,as it was in Egypt, and is still, in one form oranother, throughout the East. The form ofthe palanquin usually employed in ancientEgypt is shown in the annexed engraving;and, seeing how the luxuries and refinementsof Egypt were now adopted in Palestine, withthe evidence before us that the palanquin hadcome into use, this was doubtless one of theforms in which it was used. But Harmer, inhis illustrations of Solomons Song, thinks thatthe description would suggest a comparison tothe howdah, in which, on the back of an [Egyptian Palanquin.].
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