78 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. 



is used in the manufacture of tent curtains, sails, and other fabrics 

 of the same kind ; the other is much finer, growing under the for- 

 mer, and is fabricated into stuffs, which almost equal silk in fine- 

 ness. Of the coarse kind of hair, were manufactured the curtains 

 for the tabernacle, (Expd. xxvi. 7; xxx.26.) and it is still used in 

 the East as a covering for tents. 



The tresses of the bride, in the Canticles, are compared to a flock 

 of goats from Mount Gilead, (ch. iv.) that is, to their hair, which 

 is generally long and of a black color, or very brown, such 

 as that of a lovply brunette may be supposed to be. The celebrat- 

 ed author of Theron and Aspasio, however, gives the allusion a 

 different turn. The atniableness of the church, in the exemplary 

 conversation of true believers, is displayed by a copious growth of 

 hair, which flows down from the parted forehead in decent curls. 

 Thy hair is as a flock of goats that are seen afar off, and appear in 

 a pendant attitude, from the summit of Mount Gilead, most agree- 

 ably adorning the place, and detaining the spectator's eye. This 

 exposition takes in a circumstance which corresponds with the 

 pensile position of the hair ; renders the comparison more full and 1 

 exact ; and is, according to the observation of a most accurate 

 judge, one of the most remarkable objects in such a prospect. 



THE DOG. 



OF all known quadrupeds, the dog is the most intelligent and 

 faithful. Independent of the beauty of his form, his vivacity, force, 

 and swiftness, he is possessed of all those internal qualifications 

 that can conciliate the affections of man, and make the tyrant a 

 protector. A natural share of courage, and an angry and ferocious 



