THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 105 



A passing glance at the most striking of these will 

 shew to what an extent, the mountainous scenery of 

 the Holy Land has been the theatre of some of the 

 most memorable deeds in man's history. On a moun- 

 tain it was, according to the opinions c.f the most il- 

 lustrious critics, that the Paradise of our first parents 

 was situated. On a mountain, most probably, Noah 

 builded the Ark, and we know that it was upon mount 

 Ararat that it rested, when the deluge had subsided. 

 On a mountain in theland of Moriah, Abraham o6fered 

 his son Isaac as a type of the crucified Messiah. On a 

 mountain, the law was given to assembled Israel, and 

 Sinai and Horeb are still visited as hallowed spots, 

 which once blazed with the majestic presence of a 

 descended Deity. On a mountain, Moses and Aaron 

 look their last farewell of the tribes whom they had 

 brought up out of the house of bondage. Aaron died 

 upon mount Hor, and Moses from the top of Pisgah 

 cast his eyes over the goodly prospects of the promised 

 land, and then expired. Elijah, upon mount Carmel, 

 vindicated the honour of Jehovah in the presence of the 

 priests of Baal, and produced a triumphant token of the 



some of the Dartmoor hills reach nearly to the elevation of 

 2000 feet. 



