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costume; vessels building on the stocks, others navigating the 
river; together with Turks, Persians, and Armenians, on Arabian 
chargers; the European ladies in splendid carriages, the Asiatic 
females in hackeries, drawn by oxen: and the motley appearance 
of the English and nabob’s troops on the fortifications, remind us 
of the following description of Tyre, by the prophet Ezekiel: 
44 O thou that art situated at the entry of the sea, which art a 
“ merchant of the people for many isles! O Tyrus! thy builders 
44 have perfected thy beauty. Thy wise men were thy pilots, and 
“ the inhabitants of Zidon and of Arvad were thy mariners: the 
44 ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof, were thy caulkers, 
44 and all the ships of the sea occupied thy merchandize. The men 
44 of Persia and Arabia were in thine army, the men of Arvad upon 
44 thy walls, and the Cammadims in thy towers. Tarshish was thy 
44 merchant for all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, and lead, they 
“ traded in thy fairs. Javan and Tubal dealt with thee in the 
44 persons of men, and vessels of brass. Togarmah supplied thee 
44 with horses, horsemen, and mules. Syria was thy merchant for 
44 emeralds, purple, and broidered-work; for linen, and agate; and 
44 many isles brought thee horns of ivory, and ebony. Judah and 
44 Israel traded in thy markets with wheat of Mcnnith and Pan- 
44 nag, and hone} 7 , and oil, and balm. Damascus was thy mer- 
44 chant in the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches, 
“ in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. Dan also, and Javan, 
44 occupied thy fairs with iron, cassia, and calamus; and Dedan 
44 brought thee precious cloths for thy chariots. Arabia, and all 
44 the princes of Kedar, supplied thee with rams, and goats, and 
44 lambs; and the merchants of Shebah and Raainah, enriched thy 
