Hed Snow of the Arctic Regions, ^1 T 



nottj:n Tenesmet, the swan/ [Le^.^yii. 18.) Parkhurst thinks 

 the goose is meant, from its hissing when provoked; from 

 Dtt)3 nesem, to breathe. {Qiiery, Do the Jews reckon the 

 goose an unclean bird?) 



X2r\^ Rehem, translated the gier eagle {Lev.,^\. 18.), from i 

 cm reliem^ to love tenderly ; supposed to be some bird remark- 

 able for its attachment to its young. 



r\'v'ox\ Heshide^ also a term expressive of kind attachment, . 

 the stork. [Lev., xi. 19.) The m^on hcshide is a bird of pas- 

 sage. n>iyiQ n^T Q^Qtt5i r}Tr)V{ dj (gemheshidebesemimidoemuodie), .. 

 the stork also in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; 

 (J<?r ., viii. 7.), hath large wings (Zech., v. 9.), and has the fir 

 tree for her house, nn>i D^iuna T\rx:ir\ heside berusim bite. Sup- 

 posed to have got her Hebrew name from the affection the - 

 stork has for its young, and, what is rather uncommon, for the 

 attachment the young bear to the old, whom it is said they 

 carry on their backs during their migrations. The old, being 

 unfit to fly, are said to be thus borne to their destination, , 

 when the feeble are laid in the nest and fed by the young. 

 (Parkhurst's Heb. Lex, at m^on.) In Parkhursf s Hebrew 

 Lexicon, Doctor Scott's opinions respecting the Kath (n^p) of 

 the ancient Hebrews are well supported. {Mag, of Nat, 

 Hist., vol. ii. p. 137.) From what is stated above, it will appear 

 that the Kath is not the only bird of Palestine, about the 

 modern name of which much uncertainty prevails.* 



Arch. Gorrie. 

 Annat Gardens, May 26. 1829. 



Art. III. On the Red Snotv of the Arctic Regions, 

 By Thomas Nicholson, Esq. 



Sir. 



The cause of truth, and the remarks of your correspondent 

 A on the red snow of the arctic regions (Vol. I. p. 306.), have 

 induced me to trouble you with a few observations on this 

 subject. In the summer of 1821, I had an opportunity of ex- 

 amining this substance, which has excited so much interest 

 amongst naturalists, in its native situation, and I am only sur- 

 prised that those gentlemen who first discovered it should have 

 had any doubt as to the nature of its origin. 



On the 24th July, whilst our ship was beset with ice near 

 Bushman's Island, I made a journey, accompanied by two other 



* In expressing the Hebrew nouns by Roman characters, it will be ob- 

 served that no attention is paid to the Masoretic points. , 



