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    We shall consult the gratification of our readers , by laying before them a further extract : it is a description of an Oriental Nomadic tribe . * "Helon dismissed the escort of the governor [ of Samaria ] and pursued his way to Tliirza , the limits of this day ' s ml -m

    _ ^ <*_ . journey . He had purposed to reach Mekiddo / but his progress was arrested by a spectacle equally new and interesting ; a tribe of wandering shepherds , who were making their annual migration from the plain of Sharon to Mount Hermon . They had been detained later than usual , for

    they commonly remove early in the spring * . The flocks and herds Jed the way ; behind them came camels , laden with their tents , baggage and poultry , and ihe young of the flocks , which as yet were too weak to accompany the march . The women and children followed ,

    mounted on other camels ; some of the females were spinning as they rode , others grinding in their hand-mills , others tending their infant children . The boys ran by the side of the camels , playing or fighting . Lances , from eight to ten feet in length , were every where seen above the heads of this tumultuous train : and on all sides

    were heard the hoarse voices of the men who carried them , some of whom were endeavouring to maintain order , and others surrounded and protected the line of march . " When tliev reached their ordinary

    place of encampment :, a new scene began ; the sheep and goats laid themselves in the grass , the camels knelt down , the poultry rlew from their backs . In two hours the dark brown tents were erected , * f-

    rlelon made Sallu assist them , while he himself looked on and enjoyed the animated confusion of the scene . With uptight and cross poles a large tent of an oblong form was erected . The coverings were of a thick brown stuff made of

    Roats hair , and the door of the tent was nothing but a curtain of this cloth , which '• ould be lifted up or drawn aside . In ' he middle was the tent , of the chief of this nomadic tribe ; the rest were pitched around it , to the distance of thirty paces . Kvrry one of the larger tents was divided

    mto three parts hy curtains ; in the outmnost were the young and tender cattle which required shelter , in tlic next the rmn > and in the innermost the women . 'he waitresses , pillows , and coverlets '"i sleeping were laid in one corner ; the ^ 'apons were hung on the sides of the

    * }\ - iv . Ch . i . Vol . II . pp . 20 *; , &c . H < t 1 his part <» f the description may n'e to illustrate tlic images in isa . liv . 2 .

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    tent ; carpets were spread upon the floor , a hole dug in the middle for the fire ; and the few and simple articles of household furniture , wooden dishes , vessels of copper , a hand-mill , and bottles of leather , easily found their appropriate place . "

    A few specimens of quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures , will now he given : numerous extracts of this sort , form an important feature of Strauss ' s work , and , consequently , of the translation .

    The seven first verses of Psa . lxxviii . are thus rendered : * " Give ear , O my people , to my teaching ! Incline your ears to the words of my mouth !

    I will open my mouth id parables ; 1 will declare the histories of old , Which we have known and heard , Which our fathers have told us , That we might not hide them from their children , Shewing to the generation to come the praise of Jehovah , His strength , and the wonders he hath done .

    16 He established a testimony in Jacob , And appointed a law in Israel , Which he commanded our fathers ., That they should make inowu to their children ;

    That the generation to come might know them , the sons which should be born ; That when grown up they might declare them to their children , That they might set their hope in God , And not forget the works of God , And keep his commandments . "

    In translating this deeply impressive exordium , Strauss appears to have profited by the labours of some of his countrymen and predecessors : among these , Roscnmuller , ( E . F . C ., ) Dathe and Mendelssohn , should be noticed ,

    as , in many respects , agreeing" with him This just medium between paraphrase and too literal a translation , is very happily observed by the author , and by bis editor . In defence

    of the reading- adopted in the fourth verse , Kennieott ' s excellent Remarks on Select Passages of the Old Testamerit f may be consulted . A part of Psa . exxjeii . will next cno * ai > "e our attention : J

    * B . i . Ch . iii . Vol . 1 . p . 58 . t In loc . X B . ii . Cli . ii . Vol . I . 217 , 218 .

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    Review .- * -Union ' s Pilgrimage to Jerusalem . 353

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1826, page 353, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2549/page/37/