INDEX.

ABEL, asking counsel at, 227.

ABIATHAR, how far concerned in the plot
against Solomon, 249.

ABIDING under a tree, what, 167.
ABNER'S mode of promoting the interests of
David, 185, 186.
ABRAHAM and other patriarchs, pastoral life
led by, 19, his entertainment of the angels,
26; compared with a modern Arab emir, 23;
Lazarus' being carried to his bosom, what
meant by, 607.

ABSALOM'S character and conduct, 217; pil-
lar, 223.

ABSTINENCE from food through vexation,
176, 271.

ADAR, festival of, 323.

ADDER, description of the, 399.
ADULATION paid to eastern monarchs, 389.
AFFECTIONATE mode of address by fa-
thers, 156.

AGE, reverence for in the East, 168, 347;
ages, the four among the Hindoos, 457.
AHITHOPHEL'S counsel illustrated, 220.
ALABASTER-BOX, breaking of, 598.
ALIGHTING as a token of respect, 32, 282.
ALLIANCES formed by Arab families, 33.
ALMOND-TREE, natural history of, 486.
ALOE-TREE, described, 98.
AMALEK,perpetual war threatened against,61.
AMMONITES, David's treatment of, 214; pro-
phecies concerning, 531.

ANGARII, or Persian messengers, 580.
ANGELS, term how applied in the East, 216.
ANGER, spoken of as burning, 320.
ANIMAL FOOD, seldom eaten by the Hindoos,
625; animals how designated in the East, 161.
ANKLETS, eastern described, singular cus
toin in respect to, 451, 633.
ANOINTING of the body, supposed effects
of, 641.

ANT, natural history of, 420; the white spe-
cies, 580.

ANTELOPE, account of the, 181, 251, 443, 444;
inode of hunting the, 456.
ANTIOCH in Pisidia, account of, 619.
ANTONIA, town of, described, 217.
APOLOGUES, the Orientals much addicted to
the use of, 130, 254, 290.

APPLE-TREE, of little value in the East, 443;
apples of gold in pictures of silver, 430.
ARABS, their mode of life, 19; their mode of
warfare, 23; addicted to plunder, 326; lie in
wait for caravans, 488; dress of, in the Holy
Land, 616.

ARARAT, mount, description of, 13; ascent
of. 14.

ARBOUR, eastern, account of, 444, 562.
ARCHIVES, kept of important events, 311;
sometimes read to princes, 321.
ARIEL, why Jerusalem so called, 466.
ARM-HOLES, pillars sewed to, 528.
ARMOUR, of eastern warriors described, 161.
ARMY, silent approach of compared to dew,
221, armies of Israel originally footmen,
293; numerousness of ancient, 301.
ARROWS, poisoned, the practise of using, 331,
381; shot into an enemy's country, 290;
used for pestilence, 399; term applied to the
tongue, 491; children sometimes so called,
413; burning, what, 367.
ASCENTS by steps, made in honour of an em-
peror, 255.

ASHES thrown in the air, 55.
ASHKELON, prophecies concerning, 504, 566.
ASS, account of, 304; peculiar value of in the
East, 341; saddle, mode of travelling with,
279, 280; female, why more valuable than
the male, 324; wild, description of, 353;
white, riding upon by persons of distinction,
136, 140, 431.

ASSEMBLY, poor man coming into, 641.
ASSOCIATES desired by eastern travellers,
618.

ATHLETE, or combatants, how trained, 637.
ATTIRE OF HARLOTS, described, 420.
AUGURS, covered with a mantle when con-
sulted. 176.

AVENGING the blood of relations, 99, 100.
AWAKING one from sleep, 443.

AZOTUS, present state of described, 617.

BAAL'S PROPHETS, did not ordinarily eat
at Jezebel's table, 264; their conduct illus-
trated, 264.

519.

BAAL ZEBUB, god of flies, 274, 583.
BABEL, tower of, with what design erected, 18.
BABYLON, prophecies concerning, 457, 513-
BACA, valley of, what place meant by, 397.
BADGER'S SKINS, what meant by, 66.
BAGGAGE, how inanaged in travelling, 527.
BAKING, mode of in the East, 26, 214; how
done for families, 501, 528.

BALBEC, enormous stones among its ruins,
234.

BALDNESS, made for the dead, 109; use of
term explained, 454.

BALD-HEAD, phrase how used, 276.
BANNERS, carried in processions, 370; dis-
playing of, phrase how to be understood, 386.
BANQUET, where often spread in the East,
240, 567

BAREFOOT, when Orientals walk, 218.
BARLEY BREAD, a common eastern dish, 139.
BASHAN, hill of, what meant by, 388; bulls
of, expression how used, 371.
BATHING, accounted a great luxury in the
East, 206; inode of, 473.

BATS AND MOLES, allusion to, 450.
BATTERING-RAM, description of, 309.
BATTLEMENTS, on the roofs of houses, 117.
BAY-TREE, green, allusion to, 375.
BEAR, furious passions of the female, 221,
425; makes a loud noise in parturition, 481;
symbol of the empire of the Medes and Per-
sians, 545.

BEASTS, fallen, kindly cared for in the Mosaic
law, 116.

BEARD, held in great reverence in the East,
205; shaving the, a mark of subjection,
206; sometimes died black, 225.
BEATING the breast through grief, COS.
BEAUTY, female, eastern notions of, 447; of
form, highly prized, 542.
BEDS, eastern, construction and arrangement
of, 274, 421.
BED-CHAMBER, what meant by in the East,
289, 300.

BEDSTEAD of Og, king of Bashan, 103.
BEDOUIN ARABS, habits of, 372, 506.
BEES, expressions relative to, 103; how kept
in the East, 160; how their honey deposited,
125; opinions of the ancients respecting, 142.
BEGGARS, very common in the East, 607.
BEHEMOTH, what kind of animal, 358-360.
BELLS, used upon garments, 68; hung on the
necks of horses, 569.
BENJAMIN, compared to a wolf, 52.
BESIEGED IN WAR, how used to defend
themselves, 489.

BESOM OF DESTRUCTION, phrase explain-

ed, 459.

used, 305.

BONES of men burnt upon the altar, 258;
scattered at the grave's mouth, 416; of the
dead burnt, 555, 557.

BOOK, the writing of by an adversary, 351;
oriental, account of, 376.

BOSOM, term how used in the East, 109, 384;
BOOTY, how divided, 178, 303.
putting fire in the, 420.
BOTTLES, eastern, described, 129, 411; ex-
pressions concerning, 411, 582.
BÓW, account of the early use of, 181, 235;
treading upon, what meant by, 367; ancient-
ly used by the Persians, 456; oriental, how
carried, 565.

BOW-SHOT, distance of, 28.
BOWELS, said to be hot, 250.
BOWING to the earth as a token of respect,
40, 168.

BOWLS and dishes of the Arabs, 137.
BOXING, exercise of, 640.
BRACELETS of eastern ladies described, 451;
worn by princes, 180.
BREAD, how eaten in the East, 331; eating of
the same, a pledge of friendship, 376; casting
of upon the waters, 440.
BREAKFASTS of the orientals described, 445.
BREAKING BREAD, what meant by, 621.
BRICK, the soil about Babylon peculiarly
adapted to making, 18; employed for build
ing in Egypt, 455; dried, not burnt, 502, 528.
BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM conducted
through the streets, 490.
BRIERS AND THORNS, tearing with as a
punishment, 139.

BRIGANDINE, what kind of armour, 503.
BRIMSTONE, burning of, 336; how spoken of
in reference to a country, 123.
BROTHER, term how applied in the East, 613.
BUILDING, remarks on the state of in the

East, 425, 480; on the sand, phrase explain-
ed, 581.

BULLOCKS unaccustomed to the yoke, 499.
BULLS OF BASHAN, expression how used,
371.

BUNDLE, term how used, 169.
BURDEN, term how used in prophecy, 570.
BURIAL, desired near the tombs of saints,
258; generally without the walls of cities,
461; sometimes within, 308.
BURNING TO DEATH, an eastern punish-
ment, 543; of dead bodies, 181; over the
dead, 179.

BUTTER, how made in the East, 135, 346, 434.
CAIN'S sentence explained, 12.
CAMEL, much used in travelling in the East,
38; remembers an injury long, 138; his
habits, 139; remarks upon the loading of,
285; how said to pass through the eye of a
needle, 587; Camel's hair, materials of rai-
ment, 576; Camel's milk, value of to the
Arabs, 39; sometimes compared to a ship,
333.

CAMPHIRE, how used in the East, 442.
CANA OF GALILEE, by what relics distin-
guished, 609.

CANAAN, conquest of by the Israelites jus-
tified, 136; surrounded by dreary deserts,
103; original fertility of, 105, 106, 131.
CANCELLING OF HANDWRITING, mode
of, 635.

CANDLES, in night encampments, 346.
CAPTIVITY, scriptural idea of, 365; captives,
how procured in the East, 531.
CARAVAN, description of an eastern, 485;
sometimes divided, 39.
CARAVANSERY OR INN, eastern, 127, 600.
CARMEL, Mount, description of, 448, 558.
CARPETS, spread in honour of idols, 555.
CARVED WORK, Orientals very fond of, 253.
CASTING DOWN FROM A ROCK, 308.
CATERPILLARS, rough, remarks upon, 305,

515.

CATTLE, apt to wander in travelling, 537.
CAVALCADE, eastern, description of, 321.
CAVES, sometimes residence of eastern shep-
herds, 348; places of concealment, 375;
scenes of idolatry, 526; and dens places of
habitation, 640.

201.

CHERUB, term how applied to Tyre, 535.
CHILD, people compare themselves to, 250.
CHILDREN, punished for the sins of fathers,
63; passing through the fire, 103, 290; ear-
nestly desired in the East, 112; disgraceful
not to have, 343; destroyed by bears, 276;
offered in sacrifice, 278; sold by their pa
rents, 278; brought up by nurses, 287; com-
pared to plants, 416; how carried in the
East, 176; piping in the market places, 581;
terin of endearment, 616.

CHOLERA, its ravages in the East, 394.
CHURCH of Holy Sepulchre described, 594.
CISTERNS and water works of Solomon de-
scribed, 435.

CITRON-TREE of the East described, 443.
CLAY, turned to the seal, phrase explained,
352.

CLEAN and unclean beasts, distinction of,
72, 80.

CLEFT in the rock of Calvary, 594.
CLIENTSHIP, an ancient custom in Arabia,
337.

CLODS of the valley, allusion to, 341.

CLOTHES, given in pledge, 64; numerous

suits of, 341; clothed with a person, phrase
explained, 625.

CLOUDS, precursors of rain, 266.

COACHES filled with female slaves, 320.
COAL, quenching of one's, 216.

COCK ATRICE, remarks upon the, 481.
COCK CROWING, time of 598.
COFFIN carried round at feasts, 440; not ge-
nerally used in the East, 290.
COINED MONEY, great antiquity of, 40.
COLDNESS of the nights in Palestine, 500.
COMBAT, single, common in ancient times,
163.

COMFORTERS visit mourners, 328.
COMPASSING one's steps, 369.
COMPLAINTS against oppressors, how con-
ducted, 622.

COMPLIMENTARY forms of speech, 216.
CONCEIVING INIQUITY, phrase how used,
367.

CONCUBINE, the Levite's cut to pieces, 146.
CONEY, what kind of animal, 409.
CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL, what meant
by the term, 89.

CONSECRATE, term how used, 68.
CONSOLATION, THE, a title of the Messiah,

601.

CORN, parched and roasted, 118; ground at
break of day, 187, 441, 498; how preserved,
263; parched, still used for food, 222; trod-
den out by oxen, 289; taking off the ears of,
343; withholding of, in times of scarcity, 423.
CORNELIUS, whether he intended to pay Pe-
ter divine honours, 618.
CORNERS of a field, left to be gleaned, 81; to
sit in corner, mark of honour, 556.
CORN STACKS, destroyed by fire, 64.
COTTAGE in a vineyard described, 449.
COURTESANS, heathen, dedicated to the
temple, 561.

COURTS of eastern houses, 602.
COVERED, to be, sign of mourning, 462; cov
ering the lips, sign of mourning, 531.
CRACKLING of thorns under a pot, 437.
CREATION, account of, considered, 10.
CRIMINALS, where executed, 394; cast into
the sea, 587.

CRIMSON or scarlet, the favourite colour of
ancient heathen prostitutes, 449.
CROCODILES, Egyptian princes compared to,
536; ways of taking, 537; object of terror to
the Egyptians, 332.
CROWNS, ancient, remarks upon, 414; em-
ployed at marriages, 445; civic, given as a
reward to Roman soldiers, 638; of thorns,
remarks upon, 593.
CRUCIFIXION, remarks upon, 593; created

dreadful thirst, 593, 599.
CRUISE, what kind of vessel, 275.
CRYING to the gods in trouble, 372.
CUP-BEARER, office of, 213.

CUPS, beautiful, formed of the Nautilus, 629.
CURES, supposed to be effected by touching
the part diseased, 281.

CURSE God and die, phrase illustrated, 328;
cursing in war, 98; term how to be under-
stood, 586,

CURTAIN, hung before a tent-door, 68.
CUSTOMS, ancient, held in great reverence
in the East, 622.

CUTTING the flesh of the dead, 79; on what
other occasions practised, 265, 507.
CYMBALS, what kind of instruinents, 417.

DAGON, temple of, how built, 145.
DAN, his blessing explained, 50.
DANCES, eastern, described, 58, 178, 198; and
music, when practised, 164; dancing girl,
Hindoo, ornaments worn by, 450; dancers,
eastern, solicit money from the company,
585.

DARKNESS, plague of, 56.
DAUGHTERS, how given in marriage, 35;
sometimes deceit practised, 36; dedicated
to prostitution in the East, 79; of Israelites
allowed to marry out of their tribes, 102.
DAVID, a man after God's own heart, phrase
explained, 188, 189; removes the ark, 193,
191, 195; kills a lion and a bear, 162; his an-
swer to Achish, 171, 172; released from his
connexion with Achish, 176; his attack upon
the Amalekites, 178; his conduct towards
Ishbosheth, 182; his dancing considered,
198; his treatinent of the Moabites, 201; his
victory in the valley of salt, 203; his conduct
towards Uriah, 207, 208; his treatment of the
inhabitants of Rabbah, 212; his alleged in-
dulgence to his children, 215; his conduct
towards Joab, 221, 227, 241; towards Mephib
osheth, 225; towards Saul's house at the in-
stigation of the Gibeonites, 228; towards
Shimei, 224.

DAYS, time computed by, 17; day, great, com-
mon phrase in the East, 35.
DAY-SPRING, rising of, 600.

DEAD, how laid out, and mourned in the East,
29.

DEAD DOG, term of contempt, 168, 635.
DEAD BODIES, how deposited in tombs, 615;|
dead carcass, tied to living bodies, 624.
DEAD SEA, account of, 20-22.
DEATH, personified as having snares, 369.
DECAPITATION, an eastern punishment, 180.
DECREES, castern, modes of making, 455.
DELIVERANCES from danger, how spoken
of, 413.

DEMONIACAL possession believed in in the
East, 584.

DESERTS, African, described, 107; of Meso-
potamia. great scarcity of water in, 29.
DESOLATE PLACES, what meant by, 328;
desolate houses, common in the East, 458.
DEVOTED things not redeemable, 89.
DEVOTION, apparent, of the Hindoos, 312.
DEWS, very copious in the East, 181, 548.
DIAL OF AHAŻ, shadow upon, 296.
DINNER, a Persian described, 583.
DISMOUNTING, a token of respect, 169, 635.
DISSOLVER OF DOUBTS, phrase how used,

544.

DOGS, licking the blood of the slain, 272, 286;
character of, in Arabia and Africa, 371; re
turning to their vomit, phrase explained,
431; term, used by way of reproach, 163.
DOORS, custom of loose women sitting at,
422 of the ancients, how constructed, 431;
door keepers in the East, allusion to, 397.
DOVE, the, remarks upon the natural his-
tory of, 387; conjugal chastity of, 447; dove's
dung, what rendered it valuable, 283; flying
to their windows, 482; Spirit of God likened
to, 577.

DRAGONS, or large serpents, 350.
DRAUGHTS, intoxicating, given to malefac-
tors, 498.

DUST, strewed on the head, 180; licking the,
phrase explained, 389.

DWELLING DEEP, phrase explained, 510.

EAGLE, peculiarities of the, 124; the golden,
529; the bald, 567.
EARLY RISING, common in the East, 39.
EARS, the digging or opening of, 376; of corn,
plucking of, 119.

EATING under the shade of trees, 350; mode
of in the East, 427; early in the morning
disgraceful, 440; eaten up, when one said to
be, 399.

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EDOM, prophecies concerning, 507, 511, 540.
EGYPT, land of compared with Judea, 109;
prophecies concerning, 535.

ELDERS, or Senators, term explained, 334.
ELEPHANTIASIS, perhaps Job's disease, 327.
EMERODS, severe disease in the East, 123;
images of, 157.

ENCAMPMENTS, eastern, how regulated,
170, 311.

ENGEDI, village of, why so called, 168.
ENTRANCE to eastern houses made low, 426.
ENTREATING a wife by a husband, 337.
EPHAH borne by two women, Zechariah's
vision of explained, 567.

EPHESUS, city of described, 620; temple of
Diana at, 621.

ESHCOL, grapes of, 94.
ESPOUSALS, precede marriage by ten or
twelve months, 142; how performed, 30,
575, 610.

EUNUCHS, black, in the Levant, 502.
EUPHRATES, water of muddy, 487.
EVIL, in the eyes of, phrase explained, 158;
evil eye, allusions to the, 429.
EXECUTIONERS, public, the, 167; execu-
tions in the East very prompt, 421.
EYES, thrust out as a punishment, 160, 38,
474, 502; the custom of staining, 287; the
seven of the Lord, phrase explained, 567;
of carcasses picked out by ravens, 434; ef
the dove, remarks upon, 447.

FACE, to see one's, phrase how used, 1
216; to put away one's, 218, 334; to entreat
one's, 258; to turn to a holy place in prayer,
251. 367; to put between the knees, 265,
FAIRNESS of complexion, how esteemed in
the East, 365.

FALSE BALANCES, punishment for employ-
ing, 422.

FAN, eastern, form of, 467.

FARE, scanty, of the Arabs, 423.
FATHER, term how used in the East, 455.
FEAR, a prominent effect of heathenism, 291 ;
of wild beasts, its effects, 428.
FEASTING, from house to house, in turn,
324; eastern, how conducted, 429.
FEASTS, given in the East to the poor as wel
as the rich, 589, 606; how tables arranged at,
589, 603.

FEET, to be at one's, phrase explained, 135;
of travellers, washed in the East, 26; of
criminals secured, 187; and fingers, speak
ing with, 420; placed upon the neck of a
conquered enemy, 49, 131.
FEMALES in the East not generally able to
write, 271.

FESTIVALS, religious, expediency of, 110
FIELDS said to complain of their owners, 31.
FIG-TREE, particularly valuable in Canaan,
551; grow in oriental gardens, 609.
FIGURES, representing captivity of Israel, 292
FINGERS, dipping in a dish, 592.
FIR TREE, felling of with an axe, 458.
FIRE treading or walking on, 291.
FIREBRAND, term how applied in the East,

567.

FIRST BORN, privileges of, 116.
FISH, in the Red Sea, 92.
FISHERMEN prefer the night for fishing, 602.
FLAGONS, supporting one with, 443.
FLESH-MEAT little eaten in the Fast, 63, 429.
FLEA, David's comparison of himself to, 172
FLOATS, eastern inanner of construction,

252, 460.

FLOCKS in the East kept by women, 129; of
goats, 269; driven to the shade at noon,
443; numbered daily, 500.
FLOORS and ceilings in the East, 253.
FLY OF EGYPT, remarks on the, 454.
FOOD presented to idols, 627.
FOOLISH WOMEN, alluded to by Job, who
meant by thein, 328.
FOOT set in a wide place, phrase explained,
374.

FOREHEADS marked by idolaters, 527.
FORERUNNER, teriu how used, 639.
FOUNTAINS of water, frequently places of
danger, 136; armies assembled at, 176; stop-
ped in time of war, 310; sealed, phrase ex-
plained, 445.
FOWLING, mode of in the East, 373.
FOXES, particularly fond of grapes, 445, 518;
Samson's catching, 143.
FRECKLED spots in leprosy, 74.
FROGS, plague of, 54, 410.
FRONTLETS, Moses' words concerning ex-
plained, 105.
FRUIT-TREES, not willingly cut down in the
East, 115.

FUEL, what kind of used in the East, 156;
scarcity of how compensated, 486, 581.
FUNERAL, attending upon made one unclean,
89; chariots, described, 286; feasts, in hon-
our of the dead 496.

LIGHT-HOUSES, allusion to, 634.
LIGHTNINGS, frequent in Syria, 415.
LILY, eastern, often very magnificent, 581.
LIP, protrusion of, a mark of contempt, 371.
LIVING WATER, what meant by, 487.
LOCKS, eastern, described, 133, 446.
LOCUSTS, account of, 305; operation in lay-
ing their eggs, 564; their destructive ravages,
551; symbol of the Saracens, 649.
LOINS, custom of girding up, 266, 352.
LONG LIFE, especially desired by the Orien.
tals, 484.

LOOKING BACK, how understood in the
East, 27.

LOTS, casting of among the Orientals, 320, 617;
employed to settle contentions, 426.
LUNATICS, highly reverenced in the East, 630.
LYING upon the left or right side, 525.

MACHINE, for throwing stones, 524.
MAJESTY, how reverenced in the East, 542.
MAKING bare the arm, phrase explained,
478, 479.

MALE CHILD, birth of, 328; male children
principally desired in the East, 497.
MALEFACTORS, not allowed to look at kings,

322.

MANDRAKES, what they were, 36.
MANNA described, 60.

MANOAH, his history illustrated, 142.

MURDERER, no satisfaction to be taken for
the life of, 102.

MUSIC and dancing, usual at entertainments,
607; in the night, 467; as an expression of
respect, 279.

MUSTARD TREE, natural history of, 585.
MUZZLING of oxen, 120.

MY LORD, phrase how used, 30.
MYRRH, allusion to explained, 446.

NAILS of female captives to be pared, 115;
nails fastened by masters of assemblies,
441; fixed in a sure place, 463.
NAMES given to women and slaves, 155; how
varied in the East, 315; sometimes bestowed
from occupation, 596; other grounds of be
stowment, 609, 618.

NAMING of the living creatures by Adam, 11.
NAVEL of infants, allusions to explained,

419.

NAZARETH, description of, 576.
NAZARITISM, vow of, 155.
NEAPOLIS, present state of, 620.
NECK, when one said to have hold of, 236.
NEHEMIAH, expenses of his table, 315.
NEIGHING, term how used in the East, 489.
NET, being compassed in, explained, 337.
NICOPOLIS, present state of, 638.
NIGHT, often time for travelling in the East,
316, 605; principal time for heathen rites,
369; for the roaming forth of wild beasts,
409; night dew very heavy in the East, 138;
sometimes the season for agricultural labour,
149; often severely cold in the East, 38.

MANY DAYS, phrase how used, 249.
MARINERS, eastern, their conduct in a storm,
559.

MARKS imprinted on the person in honour
of idols, 124; for other purposes on the
hands and arins, 474.
MARRIAGE FEASTS, sometimes continued
for seven days, 143; marriage ceremony
performed in the open air, 151; delay of, con-
sidered by the Hindoos as a disgrace and
calamity, 394; processions, customs con.
nected with, 592.

MARRING a land with stones, 278.
MASTER and scholar, phrase explained, 571.
MATS or carpets employed by the Orientals
in prayer, 480.

MATTRESSES used for sleeping, 617.
MEAT OFFERING, what, 70.
MEDICINES, externally applied, 596.

changed into blood, 54.

NINEVEH, description of, 559; prophecies
concerning, 563.

NO-AMMON in Egypt described, 503.
NORTH WIND, Solomon's allusion to, 430.
NOSTRILS distended in anger, 329.
NUMBERING the people, David's sin in, 236.
NURSES in the East, 31.

OATH, ceremonies in taking, 254, 288; very
common among the heathen, 264; doctrines
of the Jews concerning, 590.
OBEISANCE made by women to men, 241.
OBLIGATIONS, written, how cancelled, 569.
OIL, treasures of, how kept, 303; burnt in
honour of the dead, 549; how used in sacri-
fices, 70; poured upon the head, 415; oil-
olive, what, 68.

OINTMENTS in great esteem in the East, 215.
OLD AGE, the winter of life, 330.

MESHA, his tribute of lambs, 279.
MESSENGERS in the East travel rapidly, 332.
MICE, the Philistines scourged by, 157.
MIDDLE wall of partition, 632.

MILCH camels, very valuable in the East, 39.
MILETUS, present state of, 621.
MILITARY operations commenced in the
spring, 206.

MILK, how kept by the Arabs, 129; poured
out at funeral ceremonies, 333; sometimes
afforded by fathers to their offspring, 341;
great part of the diet of the Orientals, 432.
MILLET, account of the plant so called, 525.
MILLO, a place in Jerusalem, 191.
MILLS, eastern, described, 91.
MIRAGE of the desert, allusions to, 469, 495.
MIRRORS, what kind in use in the East, 69,
432.

MOAB, prophecies concerning, 505, 507.
MODEST way of speaking of one's self, 630.
MOHAMMEDANISM announced by fifth trum-
pet, 646; votaries strict in their religion, 562.
MOLOCH, children sacrificed to by passing
through the fire, 113.

MOMENT, a, Tamul mode of expressing, 374.
MONEY put up in bags, 289, 334; changers
among the Jews, 588.
MONSOONS, severe in the East, 352.
MORDECAP'S demeanour towards Haman
illustrated, 321, 323.
MORTARS, how made in the East, 56, 572;
pounding in as a punishment, 432.
MOTHWORM, description of, 329, 344.
MOUNT HOR described, 96.
MOURNING, eastern, described, 211, 583; ex-
pressions usual in, 492; mourners, female,
hired in the East, 491.
MOUTH, opening the, wide, 395; of a strange
woman, phrase explained, 425.
MOWINGS, the king's, phrase explained, 557.
MUD walled buildings, short duration of, 342.
MUJELIBE among the ruins of Babylon, 458.
MULBERRY, the, whether mentioned in
scripture, 240.

335; grafting of, 624; olives and grapes, how
gathered and gleaned, 459.
OPENING the mouth in speaking, 579, 328;
open hands, 109.
ORACLE, Hebrew, compared with heathen, 192.
ORDAINED to condemnation, phrase ex-
plained, 643.

ORNAMENTS, Rebecca's considered, 31;
worn by females in the nose, 31; laid off in
time of mourning, 312.

OSTRICH, natural history of the, 355; dole-
ful noise of, 561.
OVENS, eastern described, 70.
OWL, a bird of evil omen in the East, 457;
emblem of desolation, 457.
OXEN, view of their services, 300; custom
of trying or proving, 600, 606.

PAINTING the eyes and face, 287.
PALANQUIN, effects of bearing, 535.
PALM TREE, account of the, 404, 493.
PANTING for the dust, phrase explained, 555.
PARENTS, one's, reproached by enemies as
an expression of anger, 166.
PARTING, ceremony used at, 580.
PARTRIDGE, account of the, 171.
PARTURITION of eastern women easy, 53.
PASSOVER, circumstances of eating the first,

57.

PASTORAL or wandering tribes in Syria, 494.
PASTURES carefully guarded, 399.
PATMOS, present state of, 643.
PAVILION, eastern, description of, 268.
PEACOCK, account of the, 256; exceedingly
numerous in the East, 355.
PEARLS, casting before swine, 581.
PELICAN, account of the, 405.
PERFUMES poured upon the heads of guests,
372, 431, 479; boxes of suspended from the
neck, 442; burning of at feasts, 529; per-
fumed garments, common in the East, 34.
PERGAMOS, account of, 644.
PETRA, ancient city of, described, 554.
PHILADELPHIA described, 645,
PIGEONS, building nests in rocks and hollow
places, 507; carrier, still employed in the
East, 384, 440.

PILLAR, or column, a scat by, 269; pillars,
term how applied, 632.

PILLOW of goats' hair, phrase how to be un
derstood, 166.

PIT, criminals cast into, 352; used for catch-
ing wild beasts, 368, 529.
PITCHERS or jars, used for carrying water
instead of leathern bottles, 139.

PLOUGH, the Syrian, described, 554, 604.
PLOUGHING, how managed in the East, 117,
118; upon the back, 414; often done in wis-
ter, 427.

PLUCKING out the right eye, 579.
POINTS of the compass, how expressed, 103
POLITENESS of the Orientals, how evinced

30.

POLYGAMY productive of many evils, ;
among the Jews considered, 152.
POMEGRANATE JUICE, employed as a
drink, 95.

PORTIONS, custom of sending to friends and
to the poor, 316, 322.

POTTAGE, people of the East very fond of
32; how made, 281.

POTSHERD, what meant by the term, 327.
POTTED flesh in use in the East, 222
POTTER'S wheel, what, 497; potter's-field,
a burial place for strangers, 592.
POURING water on one's hands, 277.
PRAY without ceasing, phrase explained, 66,
PRAYERS, frequency of among the Braunina,
384; ascending up before God, 646.
PRECIOUS stones, forming foundation of
New Jerusalem, 650.
PRECIPITATION, mount of at Nazareth de
scribed, 602.

PRESENTS given in the East at the close of
a meal, 40; sent to procure help, 200; of
garments, 306; valuable made to governors,

571.

PRISONERS, oriental, miserable_condition
of, 391; how treated, 501; generally easy to
be visited, 592.

PRISONS, eastern, described, 502.
PROPERTY of executed criminals confisca
ted, 271.

PROPHETS, performed on musical instru-
ments, 160; mode of consulting, 259; se
pulchres of, 605.
PROSEUCHE, or Jewish places of prayer,

620.

PROSTRATION practised in prayer, 590.
PROVENDER, carried for beasts of burden
on a journey, 251.
PROVERBS, or aphorisms, ancient mode of
conveying instruction, 418.

PROVISIONS, how demanded by public of
ficers, 314.

PSALM 149th, on what occasion composed,

417.

PUBLICANS, where their houses built, 582;
office of described, 596.
PUFFING at one's enemies, 368.
PURCHASES, how made in the East, 499.
PUTTING the life in the hand, 141; putting
on Egypt as a garment, phrase explained, 503.
QUAILS miraculously brought, 92; Moses'
account of considered, 58, 93, 391; abound
in Asia, 93.

RABBI, when title began to be used, 589.
RAINS in Judea described, 123; when fall in
the East, 261, 374; the sound of, 265; some-
times falls in neighbourhood of Red Sea,
387; former and latter, 424, 641; very vio
lent in the East, 433, 603; makers of pre
tended, 495.

RAISING up evil, phrase how to be under
stood, 211.

RAMAH, city of described, 132.
RANK and opulence, how distinguished, 438
RAVENS, made to provide food for Elijah, 261.
REACHING beyond one's measure, 629.
REAPING, customs connected with in the
East. 147.

RECORDER, what kind of office, 204.
RECORDS, how preserved in the East, 499.
REDEMPTION of land, 87; of the first-born,

95.

REED grows abundantly in Egypt, 332; lurk-
ing places in for wild beasts, 388; sweet
smelling, 489.

REGISTERING the names of citizens, 635.
RENDING of garments, phrase explained, 435.
REPHAIM, term for deceased giants, 343.
REPHIDIM, rock of, described, 61.
REPUBLIC, Hebrew, form of, 89.
RESPECT, attitudes and expressions of, 168.
RESURRECTION, Job's anticipation of, 338;
curious notion of the Jews concerning, 375,
563.
RETALIATION, Mosaic law of considered, 83
RICE, eating one's, how considered, 314.
RIDING into houses, 565.
RINGS, usually worn in the East, 99; given
as a token of affection, 320.