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" In the reign of Phoroneus " (Tat., and Clem. Alex.), EurSps succeeded by TSlhis, third king 

 of Sicyon : Crete being under the rule of Kretos. 



" 1534 B. C. = 1st year of Ho-tan-kia, of the Chang " or Fourth dynasty (Chinese chron. table). 



Vessels from Hindustan and Arabia visiting Burmah as early probably as this date* 



Eighty-third generation. Sept. 1st, 1534, mostly beyond youth: Niobe daughter of Phoroneus 

 (Apollod. ii. 1). 



•533 B. C. = the "month Pharmouthi in the twenty-second year of his reign" (inscribed on the 

 walls of Karnak), Tutmas III. with an army leaving the Northeastern frontier of Egypt on his first 

 military campaign. 



1532 B. C. (= 1519 y. 9 mo. -\- " 12 y. 9 mo." of Manetho in Jos. c. A., the Maneth. tables giving 

 1417 + "37 + 31 +9 + 26 4- 13 " = "38 + 31 -1-9 + 26+ 12 years" = 1533 = 1592 — "13 — 

 24 — 22 " = " 25 — 13 — 21 years "), accession of Mephres or Misaphris. Seemingly marking some 

 event : the reign of Tutmas III. according to monumental evidence continuing without interruption. 



The same year = the "month Pashons in the twenty-third year of his reign," Tutmas III. with 

 his army arriving at Gaha or Gaza, on the " 5th " he marched from the town to meet the enemy, and 

 on the " 22d " defeated them at Maketa or Megiddo — (Birch). 



1531 B. C. = " 24th year of Tutmas III." on the walls of Karnak, the Ruten and Assur or Assyr- 

 ians continue to bring tribute — (Birch). 



1530 B. C. (= 1590 — "60 years" of Castor in Euseb., see also Apollod. ii. I, Hygin. 145, and 

 Pausan.), in Greece Phoroneus succeeded by Apis, third king of the Peloponnesus, called after him 

 " Apia : " as he extended his power throughout, he seems identical with the fourth king of Sicyon 

 bearing the same name (compare Apollod. ii. 1.1 and Paus. ii. 5.5). Apis is spoken of as one of the 

 earliest lawgivers among the Greeks (Theodoret. graec. affect, cur. iv. p. 927). 



By Car, son of Phoroneus, the worship of Demeter established at Megara, and a citadel built 

 there : probably the beginning of Greek monumental history. — The citadel retained the name of its 

 founder in the days of Pausanias i. 39.5 to 44.6, to whom also the tomb of Car was pointed out. By 

 the Romans, Demeter was called " Ceres ; '' possibly from Car. 



The same year = " 25th of Tutmas III.," in a tablet at Sarabit-el-Khadim in the Sinai peninsula 

 — (Birch). 



1527 B. C. (= 1497 -\- " 30 years " of Euseb. i. and ii.), accession of Macchaleus as Assyrian em- 

 peror. " Twenty-eight " years only are assigned to his reign by Syncellus ; who calls him Aschalius. 



1526 B. C. = "29th year of Tutmas III.," his fifth military campaign — (Birch). 



Among spoils obtained in this campaign, lead is enumerated — (Birch) : the "ophrd" of Moses' 

 Song (Ex. xv. 10), mentioned also in Job xix. 24 ; as used for purifying silver, in Jer. vi. 29, and 

 Ezek. xxii. 18 to 22 (compare Pliny xxxii. 31), is admitted to be lead: and the "ank" of Amos vii. 7 



* Casnarina imiricata of the seashore of Burmah. A leafless tree called "hten-roo," from its 

 green feathery terminal branchlets attracting the attention of approaching strangers, — growing in 

 " the loose sandy soil of the seaboard and never inland ; '' its timber according to Mason v. 422 and 

 541 very little used by the natives, but hard and heavy and exported under the name of beefwood to 

 America. By European colonists, the living tree was carried to Hindustan, observed by Roxburgh 

 planted in Bengal, and by Graham "pretty common about Bombay." 



Cassia (Cathar/ocarpus) nodosa of Tropical Eastern Asia. A tree called in Bisaya "lombayong " 

 or "balayong" or "ybabao " (Blanco), in Burmah " gnu-theing," tinting the forest in Tavoy with its 

 "pink-colored" flowers, — and according to Mason v. 404 and 525 affording "good timber." Farther 

 East, was observed by Blanco on the Philippines, its trunk as large as a man's body, flowers orna- 

 mental "blancas y encarnadas." By European colonists, was carried to the botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta, and is described by Voight. 



Gordonia floribunda of Burmah. A conspicuous tree in Maulmain called " theet-ya " itch-wood, 

 from the itching caused by contact with its chips or bark ; — affording according to Mason v. 408 the 

 " compact timber used for house posts and for rice mortars : " described also by Wallich. 



Heritiera 7?iinor of the Tropical seashore from Hindustan to Tongatabu. A tree called in 

 Tao-alo " taloto " (Blanco), in Burmah " ka-na-zo," growing within reach of occasional high tides, — 

 its timber according to Mason v. 535 not very durable but "without a rival in strength : " observed 

 in Burmah also by Buchanan, and farther West, is supposed to have imparted its name " soondree " 

 to the Soonderbunds of the mouths of the Ganges ; the " samandura" of Ceylon (Lin. fl. zeyl.) may 

 also be compared. Eastward, was observed by Blanco along the seashore of the Philippines ; by 

 myself, a small tree at high-water mark around the Feejeean islands and Tongatabu. 



Xylocarpus keannan of the seashore of Burmah. An accompanying tree in low lands near the 

 sea , — and of which according to Mason v. 539 "canoes are occasionally made," its wood besides 

 "much used for sandals," and of a red colour that "turns black on being anointed with petroleum." 



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