NF.W ENGLAND FARMER^ 



Jan. 8, 1830. 



TJ.VII' 



'. ^^ITko I9of tlie present volume wc pro- . of. 



■^ oenricirou, coluut wilh exl^cU f,o„. ...e L.- ,„ ,,,„, 

 „.„.lio enrich ou. »i,k,bok. a wurk P"!'''''''"'' i r,„L,.. ,,, 



1 I • /.«•• IV anil cliuriotc, nnil lliose with wl.icli ho suppti 



^Va^o,,.;•,.,ol.,.l.l> .•nrru,^'es.lnnvn..)/.or- ,.,,^„^^.i,„ „,o,.arcl,>., he procurc-.l Irof 



It hy JobPi.h into Caiman to l.rinB his , ^ 



^^_, ... , . i..,,.„4 Willi CXiraen hwup »■•*. —. < .._ wnro •iplll 11 V JOb**l'll Ulio \-aiin«n" *•• " " " I «' ...» I 



•^Mhe -|.;7,;;";^r.et:. "^ we' :ol"%c:^M I horsi. I hccn hut hitelv "'t-'''"-';," ^T ' "-, attacked .he Kon-i«h near Mecea, he 1,.. .| 



"^a "i'ou nM ify coinmUting to type the following „„, ,„:„.i , ous, or ...t us.-.l n. .''■ "^^^ "[^'^J'f^'; ,„.o hor.e, in his ,vhol . army ; and a. the .lose 

 redeem our pledge y B .j^RSE f"r the whole of the corn, wh.ih «"«'" ''^^"" ^■^ murderous lamimipi., although he d.oM-. 



ti>*'-TER '• i sistPnie for Jacoli'a large househohl, was carne.l on ^^^^^^ . ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^,,^ ihou.«aiid o* 



Inio this and ihc various hrerds of horses, wc , ^^^^^^j, l,„f„,p res of silver, nol one horse appears in the li-rt 



1 Urn er at some length, and nlll.o'iSl' H-e ".ore [ „ „,,p,„,_ ,hen, that ahout 1740 years «"'<°'-'^l "1,,,,^, 



nrnctiral division of the Treatise »ill he ihercl.y • f,,,^.,^, ,,„^^^^ ,,„e first useil in Epypt ; but they 1 ,^.^_^^^ .^ ^ ^^_^.^^^ ^^^^^j ^^ „,^ commerce 

 Tecessarily ,.ost,.oucd until the next monllily part ! ^„„„ „f,„.,v„rds hecamc so numerous as '" f";'"| ,,i^.,^,.„, countries at the close of the second c 

 wc SI...II tiot, even at present, forRM the name of , ^ eonsiilerahle proportion of the E^-yi"^''" "f" > ' . ^^^^^. ^,„„„j, .^^ „r.icles exported from Et-;, 

 the Miliary to which it helonss, hut endeavor to | ^,,_, „,,^„ „„^ Israelites returned into ^»'";'' "•'"'. | ,„ Arahia,ai,d particularly as presents to re.cn, 

 blend the usrful with the entcrtaini..?. , ,„„.sc had hecn introduced and nntj.i-al.ze.l tii r_ , ^ _^ _ _^__^_.j^^ ^.^.^^ ,,„r,^, | 



The native country of the horse cannot W'H> 1 f„r the Canaanites 



' went out to fight against Is 



J . ,»,..... - „ , li, ihe fourth ccntun, two hundred Cnppa. 



certainty he traced. He has heeii foun.l, varying ] ^_^^, ^^.j,,, ,,„rs,.s and chariots very many. ^.^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^p,,, ,,y ,,,g R„,„an ,.|npcror, 



materially in size, in form and in Utility, in all the j J.^^^ ^„,.^p,, ^o,,„„e, therefore, clears up a pom. ^^^^^^ „rccptahle present he could offer a po 



^mnerate. in most of the sultry, tind in »uiny of| ^^j,.,, „„ „t,,„ record throws any '!-""'- p, .„^„ „f Arahia. 



the norUiern regions of the OM 1 „Lely, the period when the horse fir''*''-'^^ r'^;:„Vate as the .seventh century, the Arabs I 

 In the Saered Volutne, which, bt.ide it., higher |, he servant of man, at least in ""« ''"" ''^ j Uy, i.^rses, and those of little value. These I 

 in nil. •^'«^' it..„„„,.v I. irn. I II _..j .i.«. .l,p mnst advanced in civilization, ...n-..:_...i., ,.,,..•» il.ni however str. 



» .t „ «..^i-r.fl V^oliime winch, n«?iiie ii.s iiikuki (he servant oi iiiiiii, m •^••■^•- ■ - ■ . 



elaims.:.'amTat tTieTie-ad of the F er's Lihta- j .„,d, a.id that the most "-^y--^^:;;;; ™;:; 



^v contains the oldest authentic record of past ,a,„n,efore Greece was peopled. A lonf, time ini 

 t ausact o s e are told that.so early .s le.-.O years have elapse.l hefore man was able to »-" -" •^- 

 beTro the hirth of Christ, the hor.se had been do- Line and peculiar use of "-."""';"« ';"'„„"; 

 Seated hy the Egyptians. When Joseph car- mounded him. He would hcgm with themor. 



few horses, and those of little value. These I 

 eumstances sufficiently prove that, however sti 

 nor may he the present breed, it is compar«li» 

 lately that the horse was naturalized in Arabia 

 'I'lie horses of Arabia itself, and of the sou 



Seated by he Egyptiaris. When Joseph car- I „.,ndcd hitn. He woul.l begin with the ";°" I ^.ern parts of Europe, are dearly derived f, 

 ried is father's reim.ins from Eg> pt to Canaan, Uuhonliuate-those which were most easdy ea gl e|. ,^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^,_^^^ ,, „^ 



riea HIS i.mici , i i.„v=o_ j. i.i,- .-..Iwluerl t :ind the benefits wlinii "-f-.'i ' „,..,„ r„„inn« nf Asia. 



ried his father's remains irom c^gyiu lu v,..i....>.., sm,onimaie— iii..=<= fi,,.,vliieli 



"Sere went up with him botii chariots and horse- „„rf ,„„st rea.ldy suhdued ; and the ''<^ '<^fi'^;^ ', 

 „ m" O," h'undred and fifty years afterwards, he derived from their lahors -ouh mduce uu 

 Te horse constitute the principal Hrcngth of the „„empt the con,uesl of superior H '"<';' >-^^^^^^^ 

 Egyptian army. Pharaoh pursued the Israelites ,,,o,,a.,ee with this, the ;-""'!^';; I'^.f^^';,; ^lan 

 ^vUh "si., hundred el.osen chariot.s, and with all I ,hat, after the ex the sheep, - "^ f °" ^^^ 

 ,hc chariots of Egypt." snl.dned the ass, and then ""-^^ '"':^; ;", '^ 'j^';',, 



If we could believe the accounts of the nnin- 1 all, the •--^-J, -;:; ^^ . 'doHmr^n: 

 .pired historians, Sesostris (the monarch probably | was /le ^"'"'"^ ■ » ' „ " 1^ „,hers were eom- 

 whoui Joseuh served,) had twentyseven ^^'-"^'''^'^^--"'^"'y ^f'^"^:^;^'^^ wUro 



e,.ariotsofwar;am.S.mir.ni.O^ 



S;": .'.rl,:;;;::;: -Tut' .his was probal..y a - thonty ..l on extensive and barren deserts, where 



.„., he could not live.* 



^' K^f, V ™''arte the expulsion of the Israelites From Egypt the use of the horse was prnpaga- 

 r L^„^.m^ 1450 years before the birth of 1 ted to other and di.s.ant latids ; and probahly, the 



;^h:L; ^h^:::;; w^sl^r naturalized in «reece, horse himse,^^^^^ 



r^rn:r--wr.=;:;;:StE;=:r=^^^ 

 r;e:i:rS:r^tii!:x:::::;"o;s:ndirr.d^i^t:x^^ 



Uirtunitely; Ibr the wo.t of .-PO-"- (Xt!;^- ^Ll^rio^g;;."""^ 

 '"F::m lT:-eords of the Old Testament, wo arc I The Ilihle likewise decides --■- P"';;-;;- 

 bkeX enal.l.Ml to ascertain the precise period of j Arabia, hy whose breed of "Tses those < f ot 

 me When in E-ypt and Canaan, and, the neigh- coun.ri..s have been so n.ueli ."M--o^ed, was not 

 : n^t:. H..:this ammal heg^i to be domesti- ,li« native pla.-e of the ho-s. ^^^l^^^'^^^^ 

 cated 1920 years before the birth ofClirist, when after the tune just rcferre.l to, A'" a ha 1 no 

 Abraham IriVin- left Ilarnn, in ohc.Ucnce to the ' ses. Solomon imported Fp«-es, go d, and s.li.r 

 dSe c:;mm::r. wr .biye'ii into Egypt hy the | from Arabia ; hut nil the h.u^s for hisj^y^. eaval ■ 

 famine which raged in Canaan, Pharaoh offei-cd ^ ^ ^ ^ -^^^^^^^ ^^_^^^^^ ^_,,, 



bim^heep and oxen, and asses and eaniels. «' "•^'•^ , ,^, ,J..V„„ ,„,„„Hes of the K,,... ho examinr.l. »monp 

 would doubtless have hcen aildeil, had they ""^'- i„,her relics of anliquitv, the sculpKires on ih<- r.iii.s of 

 cd, or had they been subdued in Egypt. Pcrscpolis and he draw's from them a cmio'i|» au'l mlcrcst- 



When fifiv year.^ afterwards, Ahralinm jonr- ' ;„., conclusion as lo the manner in whicli the ,">^^ "»'' 

 ,.e;Il^::•Mo.L;^.rialltoo^Vr;,phiso..,yson|g.«^ 



he rode upon an ass, whieli, with all his wi.ai.li j„^n,j„np,| |,o,..„.n,rn among llio^er-culptures. One wo.ild 

 and power, he would fcnrrely have d«ne, had the ,|,i„^ ,,,,,, „,„ .in,,,i„ „ct of mounting on a how s l.ark 

 horse heeil known. would naturally have preccd. d the u^e of wl.ccl-c.na 



'-ThiU year, later, when Jacob returned to "^l^— ^-^ rrf,^r^''="r ^pre- 

 Irtoac with Rachel nii.l l.enh, nil nceount is given »^^|^^, '^ cl.'uiotr.. from wliicl. the warrior, somcnme^ 

 of the nunih.T <d' oxen, she.'p. caiuelB, goats, and ,ip,rcn.l.-d locomlialim foot, hut the po..ha< nol d.-^icnhed 



,.s..s. .hid. he sent to appease the anger of Esau, i!-^^'^;:^;-,'-^ ojl^. J';;;^''^::;:'':::;;;:"! 



but nol on.- horse is nien.ione.l. |;i:| ^^^^^ K^^_.^^,_._, ^^„^„ .^^ „,„„ „r Cyu... wl.o,„ nre- 



It is in>t until twcntyfo'ir yi-ars after this, w lien ^ ^^^ | ,.,.„|||,i,, f„.,i i„<|,Mod the Persians willi » love 



the famine .levastnle.l Canaan, and Jacob sent in- ^f cq.iesiiian exuci o. of which, l>^-fore his time, they 



to Egypt to buy com, .lint horcs are first heard were wholly ir;noi«nt."— vol. il. p. -."8- 



Egypt ; but whether they were there brc.l, or 

 ported from the south-wtstern regions of Asia, H 

 as is more probable, brought from the interior^ 

 northern coa.-^ts of Africa, cannot with cen 

 he deleritiined. 



(To be eontiniud.) 



NOMENCLATURE OE GRAPES. 



I 



fFurlhcr extracts frcm Prince's Treatise on the rultui 

 Uie Vine, now in press, and speedily to be pubUshe 



EAIII.T OVAL. 



Hy this title a grape is known and culti\ 

 aroii'iid Boston, which is much valued ; the 

 ripens very early, the skin is thin, nn.l the 11 

 delicious ; the berries grow dose, and are l 

 rally thinne.l out hy cultivators. 



1 noticed a large niimher of very thrifty vn 

 the nurseries of the M.-ssrs Winships i.t Rri- 

 in whose collection are also .onccnlratcd a ^ 

 variety of the choicest kinds of vines to he^ I". ^ 

 in tln^ grape houses anil gardens around P."- 

 in addition to which, th.'y have alnrgcassoi: 

 ..f fruit and ornamental trees, plants, &c., ■ 

 they show great enterprise in extending. 

 JULY OKAPF. — Pr. Cat. No. 1. 

 ]\Iaurilli)n hatif, Duh. 

 Madel.-ine. 

 Murilhrn hatif. 

 M.Hillo,, uoir hatif. 

 P.'tit morilhin hatif. 

 Kiiisin preeoee. 

 Raisin de In ma.leleinc. 

 Early black cluster. 

 Magdalen. 



Vitis pra:cox of Columella. 

 Vitis nctno parvo, ttUiroluMlo, nigrieanlt, jira ^ 

 — nuhiiinel. 



• Tlie historimi ti»e» us the pilce of Iho bors.' 

 chariot at that time. A hor«e In ought from Kr) y 

 ding, pro''al«lv,lhe .-xi'ensc ol the journey, cost, 

 dred and fifty shekels of -ilver, which, at two -1 s'l 

 three priirc. and one lulf f.irlhing each, nmminls i.> i 

 aevenlecn p.mnds, twoshillinirs. A rhtiiot co<t >i« 

 dreH shekels, or sixiy.-ipht poun.ls, eichi »l.illiiics ; a 

 cnonnoiis sum «l thiteaily piMiOtl, hot linle lo liuu 

 rxprnded more th.m thirlyfive millions of jMiunds in 

 lolone, to ornament Ihe Temple which he li«d hui'i 



