120 BEES. 
enemies. ‘* All nations,” says David, ‘‘ com- 
passed me about; but in the name of the 
Lord I will destroy them. They compassed 
me about like Bees ;”—and Moses, remind- 
ing the Israelites of their defeat beneath 
Mount Seir, employs the same mode of ex- 
pression :—‘** And the Amorites, which dwell 
in the mountain, came out against you, and 
chased you as Bees do.” So that, as you 
may think for yourselves, if we have less 
honey in our more northern regions, than 
falls to the share of the more southern, we 
are less troubled, from the same cause, with 
the plague of Bees ! 
