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similar to that of the bahn of Mecca. Every 

 thing, indeed, about this tree has a strong 

 balsamic perfume, and hence, the whole forest 

 is so perfumed with fragrance that a walk 



CONES OF CEDAR. 



through it is delightful. This is probably the 

 smell of Lebanon" to which reference is made 

 in Hosea xiv. 6. 



So durable was Cedar-wood considered by the 

 ancients, that to be worthy of being kept in 

 Cedar," dignus cedro, passed into a proverbial 

 expression for anything thought worthy of im- 

 mortality. An oil extracted from it and called 



