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The following picture of the appearance of Jerusalem , on the conclusion of the feast of Tabernacles , is highly beautiful : C € The tabernacles were broken up , and only the scattered leaves , flowers , and fillets , testified that they had been .
The pilgrims were preparing for their departure , and exchanging their farewell salutations . Many took leave of Jerusalem never to behold it again . The autumn wind blew chill , and where a solitary tabernacle still remained as a monument of the festival , Its green was changed
to an autumnal yellow . The circle of the Jewish feasts was closed , the halfyear of harvest was at an end , and the dark and rainy season of winter was fast approaching , when no pilgrim ' s song was heard 011 the roads to Jerusalem ; "—B . iv . Ch . vii . [ 2 d vol . of the
TransL p . 339 . ] Of SelumiePs mansion , the splendour and wealth" are painted in rich but faithful colours :
sc _ lt enciose ( 3 a large open quadrangular space , called Chazer , or Thavech , ( the middle or inner court , ) which , under a sky that was almost uninterruptedly serene , served as a great chamber , even on grand and festive occasions . The pavement was composed of
variegated marble , tastefully disposed . In the middle , where in houses of humbler construction a simple basin stood , was a fountain , enclosed with marble and surrounded with lofty palms , which cast such a cooling shade beneath , that our travellers felt themselves instantly
refreshed . In the angles stood rows of vases filled with flowers , especially the roses of Jericho , and many other odoriferous shrubs , planted in bowers . Their grateful shade , aod the ever fresh and
green turf around the fountain , made the coolness as it were visible , which in the hottest days was to be found there . On the sides of this quadrangle stood three rows of pillars , forming two parallel porticoes . The floor of them was covered
with carpets and cushions of very elaborate workmanship , and before some of the pillars hung curtains , which gave the space behind the convenience of an enclosed chamber . The cushions were
embroidered with gold and silver , and the curtaitia were of silk , red , white , green , and blue , &c . &c "—B , ill . Ch . vi . [ pp . 152 , &c , of the 2 d Vol . of the Translation . ]
Not less attractive are the pictures of a harvest scene , and of the feast of winnowing :
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Troops of reapers were on their wav to the harvest , and the sound of the sickle , the song of the labourer , and the rolling of the threshing-wain , resounded through the air . While rows of the reapers were busy in cutting down the grain , others were binding up the sheaves
tying the stalks not far from the ears Uewe a corner of the field was left for the poor : * there a field already reaped was affordiug them a gleaning . Some were carrying their sheaves to the threshing-floor , others were loading them on waggons to convey them thither . They
past one of these threshing-floors : St was an open place in the fields , where the soil had been made hard and smooth by stamping ; the width was on an average from thirty to forty paces and oxenp unmuzzled , according to the law , were treading out the grain . f In another .
which belonged to a rich man , a servant sat upon the threshing wain , guiding the beasts who dragged this machine , whh its iron-shod wheels , over the sheaves , while another , following behind , shook up the straw with a forko ' ^ # * & A ®
* Close to the gate [ of Lydda ] was a large house 9 wliere men in festal attire were going in and out , and the open gate seemed to invite the presence of the stranger . € Let us turn in Iiither / said Elisama ; hospitality never fails among those who are celebrating a feast *' C € The master of the house came to the
outer court to receive them , and conducting them to the house , bade them welcome to feast of the winnowing which he was celebrating . % As the threshing-floor where this feast was usually held was very near his Ihouse , he was accustomed to transfer it thither . He led them into the inner court ,
where his guests were assembled ; the slaves untied the latchets of their sandals , and washed their feet . Elisama was much fatigued and enjoyed repose ; but he was not allowed to enjoy it long , for they were speedily called to the meal . A great abundance of dishes was placed
upon the table , the servants were treated as the chief persons , and milk , honey , wine , fruit , cheese , rice ., and flesh , were so plentifully supplied , that they could not be consumed , though the appetite of the guests was keen . " —B . ili . Ch . ii . Vol .
SI . pp . 23 , 31 , 32 . In Melon ' s Pilgrimage we meet with frequent and copious quotations from the Jewish Scriptures ; chiefly from the poetical books . These quotations are made by the principal
cha-* Lev .. xix . 9 . f Peutt . xxva 4 . X Ruth iin . 1 , 2 O
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294 Review j—Helon ? 8 Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/42/
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