ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 35 



Solomon's Song v. 5, is admitted to be the " mur" of Modern Egypt, 

 our well-known myrrh. — Herodotus ii. 40, speaks of " Smyrna" or 

 myrrh : and the tree which produces it, appears to have been known 

 to Theophrastus. The Somali country is the principal source of the 

 myrrh of commerce ; but I learned at Mocha, that a portion is really 

 produced in Yemen. 



The "knmwn" of Exodus xxx. 23, Proverbs vii. 17, and Solomon's 

 Song iv. 14, is admitted to be cinnamon. And the etymology of the 

 name (as already stated) implies intercourse with China; or at least, 

 with the Indo-Chinese countries. — "Kinnamomon" or cinnamon, is 

 mentioned by Herodotus iii. Ill, and by other Greek writers. 



The " kdh" of Exodus xxx. 24, and Ezekiel xxvii. 19, maybe com- 

 pared with " kadi," the current name in India and Yemen (according 

 to Rheede and Forskal) of the Pandanus odoratissimus. — A fragrant oil 

 prepared with this plant, is mentioned by Rhazes, Serapion, and Ibn 

 Baitar. 



The " hlbnh" of Exodus xxx. 34, is usually referred to the " chal- 

 bane" of Theophrastus ix. 7, Celsus, and Dioscorides, or our modern 

 galbanum. — Theophrastus and Pliny speak of the "chalbane" as the 

 product of a Syrian ferulaceous plant : and according to Forskal (Mat. 

 Med.), gum galbanum is imported into Egypt from Persia. 



According to Beckmann, lead is mentioned in Numbers xxxi. 22. — 

 And also by Herodotus iii. 56, and other ancient writers. 



The name of Ramses VIII., the seventh king of the Twentieth 

 Egyptian Dynasty, has been found on the monuments ; together with 

 the date of the third year of his reign. 



Ramses IX., the eighth king of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty, 

 founded the temple of Khons at Thebes. His name also occurs on 

 other temples ; and in his own tomb at Bab-el-Meluk ; together with 

 the date of the sixth year of his reign. 



Cadmus lived " about one hundred and thirty years before the fall 

 of Troy" (Castor, Eusebius, and Clinton i. p. 86) ; and according to the 

 belief of Sophocles, Herodotus, Aristotle, and ancient writers gene- 

 rally, he introduced the alphabet from Phoenicia into Greece. 



The name of Ramses X., the ninth king of the Twentieth Egyptian 

 Dynasty, has been found in his tomb at Bab-el-Meluk ; and on other 

 monuments ; together with the date of the seventeenth year of his 

 reign. 



The name of Ramses XI., the tenth king of the Twentieth Egyptian 



