A CEDAR OF LEBANON 



Photo by American Colony, Jerusalem 



wpr I "^^^ ^Z"" -^^^^ '^^'^.^^ ^^''^^^^ ^''^^ *^ pillar's for many of the Babvlonian temples 

 W^. X"" -^J^e ™mense logs had to be carried over a rough, hill country' fullv lOO miles 

 Zl^r!- "^ be rolled mto the waters of the Euphrates to be floated down to their 



t .^A Tlu \ ;u •, ^''°™ ^^^ stumps of certain cedars recently cut down in the Taurus it 

 t^ RnTf, ^1 • '■p'" ^'■^^' ^''^ ^'■^"^ 300 to 500 years old. The height ranges from 50 

 to 80 feet and the girths are often oyer 20 feet" (see text, page 601) 



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