ON THE GARDEN OF EDEN. ey, 
recognised in this region in the name of the Spearay, aud may 
have had a considerable extension. 
I do not myself believe that the land of Uz in the Bible is 
intended to be east of the Euphrates. Uz is mentioned (Lam. iv, 
21) as in Edom, and Teman, whence Job’s friend came, is also 
mentioned in Edom (Jer. xlix, 7), in connection with Esau (verse 
10). I think, therefore, the region near Petra is Job’s country, 
and that this agrees perfectly with the natural history of the 
book. 
In the story of the Chaldean deluge the Chaldean ark builder is 
said to have been taken away by the gods— 
. Aes 
ina pi narati, 
“ By the mouth of the rivers,’ but I do not see that this has any 
connection with the Garden of Eden. 
I regret General Gordon’s theory as much as I admire his 
character. When I was shown the MS, before it was published, I 
advised that it should not be printed. 
The region round Lake Van, as described by Palgrave, is 
remarkable for its fine climate and sturdy native races. 
[It has been objected by a distinguished correspondent that the 
neighbourhood of ‘‘ Lake Van would have been rather cold for our 
first parents,” but (even if the climate has not altered since) it 
might be urged that there are instances in the present day of the 
natives of very cold countries appearing to us remarkably insensible 
to the absence of warmth.—Ep. | 
Sir J, W. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S., writes :— 
Referring to the geological evidence relating to the condition 
of the Babylonian Plain in the antediluvian or post-glacial 
period—* There is the best reason to believe that this plain 
was more elevated and was well wooded at that time, while its four 
rivers, the Euphrates, Tigris, Kerkban, and Karun, corresponded 
with those of the writer of Genesis. These facts are now well known 
in geological grounds, and must have been known to the writer of 
Genesis from history or tradition. They have been fully explained 
in my work Modern Science and Bible Lands (Chapter IV in 
connection with the general discussion of the early human or 
second continental period in other chapters).” 
