. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. edwith groves of palms. The fields were covered with lux-uriant growing crops. Everywhere there were signs ofthe fertility of the soil and the prosperity of the were really in Goshen, the best of all the land ofEgypt. The ancient name of Egypt was Kam, which meansblackness, and we can now see the significance of the the soil is turned up by the plowman it is asblack as the richest prairie soil. It forms a striking con-trast with the green and luxuriant
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. edwith groves of palms. The fields were covered with lux-uriant growing crops. Everywhere there were signs ofthe fertility of the soil and the prosperity of the were really in Goshen, the best of all the land ofEgypt. The ancient name of Egypt was Kam, which meansblackness, and we can now see the significance of the the soil is turned up by the plowman it is asblack as the richest prairie soil. It forms a striking con-trast with the green and luxuriant crops growing on everyside. The farmer takes no pains to pulverize the crops grow without that labor, and the Nile mudlevels it once each year. Innumerable birds are to be seen as we ride along theline of the canal. The pure white crane, called by the WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 393 natives aboo goordan, is the most plentiful. Standing ingreen fields their white raiment looks very pretty. Intheir hieroglyphics the ancient Egyptians used the figureof this bird to represent the soul, and as a result it came. The Egyptian Ibis. WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. to be regarded with sacred reverence. This feeling is stilldominant, and the white crane is never disturbed by theEgyptian farmer. Then there are hawks, kites, storks,pigeons and the kestrel, which was also an object of vener-ation among the ancient Egyptians. They worshiped itunder the name of Horus. They also held the ibis sacredto the name of the god Thoth, who was regarded as thegod of time, measures and numbers. Myriads of the ibiswere embalmed and buried in the bird catacombs, wherethey are still to be found in a good state of ibis is now extinct. Now and then we met long caravans of camels, ladenwith heavy burdens, growling and grunting as they passed,uttering, as it were, a protest against everything and every-body. Groups of farmers were to be seen lounging underthe shade of palm trees, or at wor
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