The c*iNriA are difplayed upon another large Tree; of a Thc^^^ei^- 

 lefs fhady Quality ; and with Boughs more open and diffured/'"' '°' 

 Thefe Circumftances agree very well with the ^zedarach^ ano- 

 ther noted Tree of thefe Countries ; whofe common Name, 

 among the Inhabitants, v?^ Allah or Eleah\ the iamc with the 

 Hebrew ^^^, the Oaky the Elm, the Lime &c. as it is diffe- 

 rently rendred in the H. Scriptures. Jopj.xa^. 21. 7/^6. 13. 

 Ez. 6. 13. TJyytogr. N°.74- 



The Banks of the Nile are adorned, all the Way, with feve- Reeds, viz. 

 ral Tufts and Ranges of Reeds, Flags and Bulrufhes. AmongAW/roWw 

 the Jirft, the Emblem of Egj^pf, {zKi^gsi^. xi.) we are to 

 look for the Calamus Scriptorius, and iht^rundo Saccharifera\ 

 the moft of which appear to be in Spike or Flower. This 

 might denote the latter End of the Summer, or the Beginning 

 of the autumnal Seafon ; which this whole Scene of Vegetables 

 may perhaps reprefent ; as it might likewife point out the par- 

 ticular Time, when Alexander made the Conqueft of Egypt. 

 The Clufters of Dates, that hang down from one of the Talm> 

 Trees ; the Bunches likewife of Ripe Grapes, that adorn the 

 lower Bower (C)j niay equally typify e the fame Seafon. Neither 

 Ihould we leave the Bower, thus occafionally mentioned, 'till 

 we have admired the Variety of Climbers, that Ihelter it from 

 the Sun. Such are the Gourde (the Kikaion or Kikoeon (]vp»p) ^^l^'"^^\ 

 as it bids the faireft to be, in the Hiftory of the Prophet Jona6\) ^V''""''"" 

 the Bal famines \ the climbing Apocynums &c. all which I have 

 feen flourilliing, at this Time of the Year, with great Beauty. 



As to the Flags and Biilrujloes (g) before-mentioned, they JJ^^^^^f * 

 are often mentioned in Scripture; particularly Exod. i. 4. 

 where we learn, that the Mother of Mofes, when fie could no 

 longer hide him^ took for him an Ark of Bulru/Jjes, (or Papyrus, 

 as ^^^ Gum?nah is frequently rendred, ) and daubed it with 

 Sli?ne and with Titch, and put the Child therein^ and laid it 

 in the Flags, (^^^ 5?/p/j Juncus,) bj the Rivers Brink. 



The Vejfels ofBulruJJjes, that are mentioned' both infacred The f#./; 

 and profane Hiftory, were no other than larger Fabricks of 

 this Kind : which, from the late Introdudion of Plank, and 



I Jf. 18. 2. Pl'mj ( 1. 6. c. 22. ) takes Notice of the Naves Papp-accas, Armamentaque 

 Nili : and (1. 13. c. 1 1. ) he obferves, ex ipfa qiiidem Papyro nav't^'ta texunt. Herodotus and 

 Diodorus S'tculus have recorded the fame. And among the Poets, Lucan. 

 Conferitur blbuLx Memphitis Cymba papyro, 



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