12 OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS. 



Jebusites, and the power of tlie Philistines 

 utterly destroyed, then we might expect to 

 hear of the rise of the arts of civil life, of 

 commerce, and of its attendant circumstances. 

 David established the Israelitish kingdom. 

 His son Solomon, who succeeded him, as- 

 cended the throne in peace, and immediately 

 began to extend commerce, to patronize 

 science, to build and plant, and accumulated 

 treasures. His own words are, " I made me 

 great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted 

 me vineyards : I made me gardens and 

 orchards, and I planted trees in them of all 

 kinds of fruits : I made me pools of water, to 

 water therewith tlie wood that bringeth forth 

 trees (growing plantations) : I got me servants 

 and maidens, and had servants born in my 

 house ; also I had great possessions of great and 

 small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem 

 before me: I gathered me also silver and gold, 

 and the peculiar (precious) treasure of kings 

 and of the provinces : I gat me men-singers and 

 women-singers, and the delights of the sons 

 of men, as musical instruments and that of all 

 sorts. So I was great and increased more 

 than all that were before me in Jerusalem : also 

 my wisdom remained with me," Eccles. ii. 



