104< Mr. J. Blackwall's Characters of some 



"pitched planks"; *¥V being, as he says, in the plural num- 

 ber, and signifying planks or boards. But in this latter re- 

 spect he is clearly in error; since the primary and proper 

 meaning of ^ (hetz) 9 of which *¥V is the plural in the state 



of construction, is Tree and not Plank. See Gen. i. 29. Deut. 

 xxii. 6. and innumerable other texts. 



Thus the literal translation of the words of the text^ipjf *¥Jf 

 is " Trees of Pitch" or " Pitch Trees" meaning the wood of 

 that description of tree from which pitch is obtained. 



It remains to be ascertained what tree, the product of the 

 country where the Ark was built, is most likely to have had 

 this name applied to it by Moses ; — on which I confess my 

 incompetency to offer an opinion. 



Another observation on Mr. Drummond Hay's paper I 

 make with regret. It is with respect to his remarks on the 

 manner in which Padre Felipe Scio has rendered these same 

 words *l£)if *Vy, and likewise the words CD^gJ'^y (hatze- 

 shittim), Exod. xxv. 10, in his Spanish Version of the Bible. 

 I have no intention to advocate the worthy Padre's transla- 

 tion, but I feel persuaded that Mr. Drummond Hay would 

 not have ridiculed him for his " utter ignorance" if he had 

 not overlooked the fact, that this modern Spaniard has merely 

 followed the ancient authority of the Vulgate; he having trans- 

 lated the " ligna laevigata " of that version by " maderas la- 

 bradas" and the " ligna de setim " of the same by " maderas 

 de setim." I am, Gentlemen, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



North Buildings, Finsbury Circus, Charles T. Beek. 



June 7, 1833. 



XXI. Characters of some undescribed Genera and Species of 

 Araneidae. By John Blackwall, Esq. F.L.S. tyc* 



Tribe, Tubitelje, Latreille. 

 Genus, Savignia. 



EYES six in number, unequal in size; four of them, which 

 are disposed in a transverse row behind the anterior pro- 

 minence of the cephalothorax, are separated by large inter- 

 vals, the two intermediate ones being the smallest of the six, 

 and immediately before each of the lateral eyes another is si- 

 tuated. 



* Communicated by the Author. 



