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sus entirely fails to meet the requirements of propositions 

 9-13. Tartessus has long disappeared ; and even if we were to 

 extend the identification to the region which once bore that 

 city, we should fare no better. Spain has neither maritime nor 

 mercantile eminence ; her ships are not likely to be the chief 

 agency used in the transport of returning Israel ; nor does 

 she possess any " young lions " likely to remonstrate with an 

 invading despot. 



Britain meets every requirement, without a single valid 

 objection. 



1. Britain is west of Asia, peopled by Japheth's descendants. 



2. Is a maritime country. 



3. "Was a place of maritime celebrity in very early ages ; 

 since 



4. The Phoenicians resorted to Cornwall (Strabo iii. 175) in 

 very remote ages ; and specially for the metals, tin, and lead. 

 Mines yet exist in Cornwall, and mountains of slag, the evi- 

 dence of works which date far beyond the historic era. 



5. Cornwall produces silver. 



6. It produces iron. 



7. It produces tin. This was the great staple commodity 

 of Cornwall from time immemorial (as it still is) ; and gave 

 to the region the name of Kao-o-trepi'Ses (Cassiterides), or "the 

 tin coasts." 



8. It produces lead. 



9. Britain still exists. 



10. Is now a maritime power. 



11. Has been much honoured of God, and is more likely 

 than any other power to be the medium for conveying the 

 Jews to Palestine (Isa. Ix. 9). Britain is at the head of mari- 

 time nations. 



12. Britain is eminently a nation of merchants. 



13. Her well-known bravery and love of liberty well suit the 

 remonstrance of Ezek. xxxviii. 13 ; while her pacific policy 

 may account for her interference being limited to remon- 

 strance. 



Many collateral passages might be enumerated, which indi- 



