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stones are placed to catch the sap. It is clear, and 

 about as thick as honey. The turpentine odour still 

 clings to the closely allied mango, in spite of the 

 careful cultivation which has brought this Indian fruit 

 to such perfection. 



We read in the Bible commentaries that the 

 Terebinth is abundant in the south and east of Pales- 

 tine, in localities too warm or too dry for the Oak, 

 whose place it supplies, and whose Winter appearance 

 it resembles. Though reduced (by the bill-hook and 

 chopper ?) to a shrub on the Riviera, the Terebinth 

 must grow to the size of a tree in Palestine, for Judas 

 is said to have hanged himself on a Terebinth. There 

 is no specimen anywhere near Nice on which a man 

 could hang himself with any hope of keeping his toes 

 off the ground. Those persons who are unfortunate at 

 Monte Carlo find out a great many different ways of 

 putting an end to their lives, but they never attempt 

 to make use of the Terebinth for this purpose. 



A naturalist, writing of the Pistacias, cites 

 Theocritus to the effect that, undeterred by the 

 resinous sap, goats are able to eat the foliage ; and he 

 confirms the fact by his own observation. 



As the Cypress overshadows the Moslem's tomb, 

 so the Terebinth is planted by the grave of the 

 Armenian. 



The very rare Pistada Saportce has been found 

 at Eza, on the Mount Boron, and elsewhere. It is 

 supposed to be a hybrid between the Terebinth and 

 the Mastic, for it has the habit of the former and the 

 evergreen leaves of the latter. 



The translators of the Bible appear to have had 

 great trouble with the Hebrew word for Terebinth ; 



