THE CEDAR OF LEBANON. 123 
mountainous places, and on Mount Lebanon it grows 
freely among the snow. 
With some of the inhabitants of the Hast the wood 
of this tree has the reputation of never decaying, 
and it certainly must be possessed of great durability, 
or it would not have been selected by Solomon for 
the many purposes in which he used it, where that 
property seemed requisite. It is described as soft 
and fine-grained, and sometimes beautifully marked 
with waving lines. It has an agreeable smell, and 
indeed everything about the trees has a strong bal- 
samic odor, giving a delightful fragrance to the air 
in their vicinity. This is most probably the smell of 
Lebanon spoken of in Cant. iv. 11, and Hosea xiv. 6. 
Cone of Cedar of Lebanon. 
