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lofty, but, on the contrary, extend 

 their Branches very far : To which 

 the AUufion made by the Tfalmijl 

 agrees very well, when he is de- 

 fcribing the flourifhing State of a 

 People, and fays, They fiall fpreaJ 

 their Branches like the Cedar Tree. 



Rauwolfy in his Travels, fays, 

 there was not at that Time (i. e. 

 Anno If 74.) upon Mount Libanus 

 more than 26 Trees remaining, 24, 

 of which flood in a Circle j and the 

 other two, which flood at a fmall 

 Difcance, had their Branches almoft 

 confum'd with Age: Nor could 

 he find any younger Trees coming 

 up tofucceed them, tlio' he look'd 

 about diligently for fome: Thefe 

 Trees (he fays) were growing at 

 the Foot of a fmall Hill, on the 

 Top of the Mountains, and amongfl: 

 the Snow. Thefe having very 

 large Branches, do commonly bend 

 the Tree to one Side, but are ex- 

 tended to a great Length, and in 

 fo delicate and pleafant Order, as 

 if they were trimm'd and made 

 even with great Diligence ; by 

 which they are ealiiy diilinguifli'd 

 at a great Diflancc from Tirr-Trees, 

 The Leaves (confines he) are very 

 like to thofe of the Larch-Tree, 

 growing clofe together in little 

 Bunches, upon fmall brov/n Shoots. 

 MaurJrel, in his Travels, fays. 

 There were but fixtcen large Trees 

 remaining, fome of which were 

 of a prodigious Bulk, but that 

 there were many more young 

 Trees of a fmaller Size^ he mea- 

 iur'd one of the largcfl, and found 

 it to be twelve Yards fix Inches in 

 Girt, and yet found, and thirty- 

 ieven Yards in the Spread of its 

 Boughs. At about five or fix 

 Yards from the Ground it was 

 divided into five Limbs, each of 

 which was equal to a great Tree. 

 What 2daundrel hath relaied, was 



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confirmed to me by a wor- 

 thy Gentleman of my Acquaintance, 

 who was there in the Year 1720. 

 with this Difference only, viz.. in 

 the Dimenfions of the Branches of 

 the largefl Tree, which, he affur'd 

 me, he raeafur'd, and tound to be 

 twenty-two Yards diameter. Now, 

 whether Mr. Maundrel meant thirty- ^ 

 feven Yards in Circumference of m 

 the fpreading Branches, or the ^ 

 Diameter of them, cannot be de- 

 termined by his ExprelTion?, yet 

 neither of them well agree with 

 my Friend's Account. 



Monfieur Le Bruyn reckons about 

 thirty-five or thirty-fix Trees re- 

 maining upon Mount Libanus when 

 he was there, and would perfuade 

 us it was not eafy to reckon their 

 Number, (as is reported of our 

 Stonehenge on Salisbury.-Flain.) He 

 alfo fays, their Cones do fome of 

 them grow dependent. Which is 

 abundantly confuted by the above- 

 mention'd Travellers, as alfo from 

 our own Experience j for ail the 

 Cones grow upon the upper Part 

 of the Branches, and ftand ere6l, 

 having a flrong woody Central 

 Style, by which it is firmly annex'd 

 to the Branch, fo as with Difficulty 

 to be taken ofti which Central 

 Style remains upon the Branches 

 after the Cone is fallen to Pieces ; 

 fo that they never drop off whole, 

 as the Fines do. 



The Wood of this famous Tree 

 is accounted Proof againfl all Pu- 

 trefa<5lion of Animal Bodies : The 

 Saw dufl of it is thought to be one 

 of the Secrets ufed by thofe Moun- 

 tebanks who pretend to have the 

 embalming My fiery. This Wood 

 is alfo faid to yield an Oyl which 

 is famous for preferving Books 

 and Writings : And the Wood is 

 thought, by my Lord Bacon, to 

 continue above a thoufand Years 

 found. 



