13^ CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



The brown bear, Ursus arctos ; badger, Meles vulgaris ; martin, Mustela martes ; pine 7nartin, 

 M. foina ; polecat, M. putorius ; otter, Lutra vulgaris ; fox, Vulpes vulgaris ; European wildcat, Felis 

 catus ; hedgehog, Erinaceus Europaeus; squirrel, Sciurus Europaeus; wild boar, Sus scrofa, and a 

 race inhabiting the marshes, smaller with short tusks ; and the roebuck, Cervus capreolus : 



Of birds, the kite, Falco milvus ; falcon, F. palumbarius ; sparrow-hawk, F. nisus ; pigeon in 

 the wild state, Columba palumbus ; mallard or duck in the wild state, Anas boschas ; teal, " A. quer- 

 quedula ? ; " and the heron, Ardea cinerea : 



Of reptiles, the box-tortoise, Cistudo Europaea ; and the frog, Rana esculenta : and of fishes, the 

 pike, Esox lucius ; carp, Cyprinus carpio ; and bleak, C. leuciscus. 



1271 B. C. = (1238 -|- "40 years " of ten lunations of Josh. xiv. 7), Caleb born to Jephunneh. 



The same year (= " 200 years before the fall of Troy " of Bocchus), Saguntum in Spain founded, 

 and a temple built there to Diana. — The temple was spared by Hannibal from religious motives, and 

 with the original rafters continued extant in the days of Pliny xvi. 79. 



Juniperus communis of Europe and Northern Asia. Called in Britain juniper, in France 

 "genevrier" (Nugent), in Germany " wachholder," in Italy "ginepro" (Lenz), on mount Athos 

 " kfithros " (Sibth.), in which we recognize the " juniperi " rafters of this temple, — the tree accord- 

 ing to Pliny xvi. 30 to 78 growing very large in Spain, growing also on the mountains of Italy, and its 

 timber incorruptible and equalling " cedro : " " juniperi gravis umbra " is mentioned by Virgil, and 

 the " iounipe'roum " of the Romans is identified in Syn. Diosc. i. 103 with the " i6upik£ll6uson " of 

 the Gauls : J. communis is termed " j. vulgaris fruticosa " by C. Bauhin pin. 488, and Tournefort 

 inst 5S8 ; was observed by Lenz frequent on the hills and mountains of North Italy ; by Forskal, 

 near Marseilles ; is known to grow throughout middle Europe, and in a dwarfed form as far as the 

 Shetland Islands, Sweden, Lapland, and Iceland (Hook., Wats., and A. Dec). Eastward, was 

 observed by Sibthorp on mount Athos and the Bithynian Olympus ; and is known to grow through- 

 out Siberia as far as the mountains of Daouria (Gmel., and Pall.). By European colonists, was 

 carried to Northeast America, where I have observed it occasionally planted for ornament in our 

 Middle States. Its berries are employed medicinally, and the oil is said to be " the most powerful 

 of all diuretics " (Alexand., and Lindl.). 



Death of Linus, infant son of Psamathe the daughter of Crotopus. On this occasion (according 

 to Conon, Ovid, Statius, and others), the "linos" was composed: a poem however claimed as an 

 imitation or translation from the Egyptian — (see Herodot. ii. 79). The "linos" is mentioned 

 by Homer il. xviii. 570 ; and some fragments are extant. The village of Psamathon (" psamatheithas " 

 Nic. ther. 887) near the Orchomenian lake seems to have been named from Psamathe. 



The same year = " nth year of Ramessu III.," his victory over the Mashuasha and Tahennu — 

 (Birch). 



1269 B. C. (=1290 — "21 years " of Castor in Euseb. I. 'p. 129, Pausan. ii. 16. 1 . . . ), in 

 Greece, Crotopus succeeded by his son Sthenelas, tenth king at Argos. 



After subduing the Assyrians and Medes, and overthrowing the cities and kingdoms of the 

 East, Ramessu III. recalled with his army by a letter f rom the chief-priest, giving information of the 

 misconduct of his brother at home (Manetho in Jos. c. A. i 15). 



1268 B. C. (= 1236+ "32 years" of Euseb. i. and ii.), accession of Lamprides as Assyrian 

 emperor. " Thirty " years only, are assigned to his reign by Syncellus. 



"The same year" (= 1258 -f "10 years" of Isocr. . . , Apollod., Pausan., and others), 

 arrival of Danaus at Lindus in Rhodes. Being (according to Manetho in Jos. c. A. i. 15) no other 

 than Armais the expelled brother of Ramessu III. Among other inventions brought by him to 

 Greece, are enumerated : " uthreia " wells, gr perhaps pumps for raising water (Strab. i. 2. 1 - 

 and Blair). 



The upper portion of the temple at Medinet Abu bears representations of Ramessu III. playing 

 games, like draughts or chequers, with his daughters : the origin apparently of the Greek legend of 

 the " fifty daughters of Danaus." 



The main hall at Medinet Abu exhibits the battles of Ramessu III., and notwithstanding the 

 vast expanse of wall, seems barely to afford room : nations not previously figured make their appear- 

 ance in his campaigns. 



The domestic pigeon, Columba palumbus, has been already noticed as a hieroglyphic character ■ 

 but at Medinet Abu, a bird bearing little outward resemblance, is from the attendant circumstances 

 referred by Wilkinson to the carrier pigeon. — The " aggelonta periston " or messenger pigeon, 

 is mentioned by Pherecrates, Athenaeus, the pseudo-Anacreon, and Maundeville x. 



Ninety-first generation. May 1st, 1267, mostly beyond youth : Elishama (num. i. 10, vii. 48, and 

 1 Chron. vii. 26), Nahshon (ex. vi. 23, num. i 7, vii. 12, Ruth iv. 20, and 1 Chron. ii. Jo),'zelophehad 

 (num. xxvii. 1 to 3, Josh. xvii. 3, and 1 Chron. vii. 5), Korah (ex. vi. 21, num. xvi., and't Chron. vi 

 22), the artisans Bezaleel and Aholiab (ex. xxxi. to xxxviii, and 1 Chron. ii. 20) : and among Greeks 

 Electra mother of Dardanus (Apollod. iii. 12. 1). & ^ > 



