266 Biblical Geography of Ararat, Piso)i, and Jerusalem. 



diterranean ; then Palestine, and especially Jerusalem, is situate 

 in this great peninsula in the midst of the old continent. 



The table-land of Armenia was the chosen cradle and start- 

 ing point of the first (the Adamitic) as well as the second (the 

 Noachian) peophng of the earth, from whose heights men gra- 

 dually advanced on the progressive retiring of the waters. But 

 when the earth was peopled, the Deity selected for the dwelling 

 of his people, Palestine, situate on i^7m< sea whose shores were in- 

 habited by the mightiest nations of the world, and by means of 

 which they were brought into universal contact with one another. 

 However near Jerusalem lay to the great nursery of the nations 

 of the old world, 3'et it was almost separated from the heathen 

 by deserts on every side. From this position it was much easier 

 for the Jews to insulate themselves, and we can understand why, 

 even from Zion, " the word of the Lord and the sound of God's 

 messenger went forth into every land," why here the Shepherd 

 appeai'ed, whose flocks were to pasture over the whole earth. 



We can now understand why Abraham was ordered to with- 

 draw from Mesopotamia into Canaan. 



NOTES. 



1. VisH to tiic Graphite or BlacL'-Lcad Mine in Glen Farrcr, 

 in Inverness-shire. 2. Walk ^rom Aberdeen to Castleton 

 of Braemar — Country around Castleton — From Castleton 

 to Spittal of Glen Shee and Blair Goiorie. 3. Blair Cow- 

 rie — Craighall — Forneth — Linn of Campsie — Perth. 



1. Visit to (he Graphite or Black-Lead Mine in Glen Farrcr, in 

 Inverness-shire. 



JL his mine lies in Glen Farrer, above Beauly. We visited it 

 from Inverness, following in our route the Beauly road, along 

 the firth of that name. 



The red sandstone and conglomerate of Inverness accom- 

 panies us on the Beauly road, until it is succeeded by red and 

 grey gneiss, which is traversed by several broad veins of red 

 granite : in some of the veins the granite is very coarse granu- 

 lar, the concretions of quartz and felspar being occasionally five 



