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an haven of ships : and his border shall be 

 unto Zidon." # 



Tyre, which was called the daughter of 

 Sidon, was built on an island near the coast. 

 These cities were inhabited by the Phoeni- 

 cians, whose kingdom was small, and soil 

 sterile ; Nature had, however, favoured them 

 with commodious harbours; and the forest of 

 Lebanon being within their territories, fur- 

 nished them with timber for constructing 

 vessels. " They have made all thy shipboards 

 of fir trees of Senir : they have taken cedars 

 from Lebanon to make masts for thee."-j~ 

 With these natural advantages, and the want 

 of those necessaries of subsistence which 

 their own barren soil would not supply, they 

 turned their attention to commerce, for 

 which their situation was peculiarly favour- 

 able. Intercourse with mankind naturally 

 opens and extends the mind. From trading 

 in articles of necessity, those of luxury would 

 follow. From these art would spring, and 

 manufactories arise. 



Idmon, the father of Arachne, is said to 

 have been the inventor of dyeing, and it 

 is related, that the discovery of the purple 



# Gen. chap. xlix. 3. f Ezek. chap, xxvii. 5. 



