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Hebrews ( Vol . It . 2 T % 351 ) , resembled some which exist hi modern times and \ Vesterli region ' s . * In passing through the North off France , 1
during the autumn df last year / says u very intelligent writer , * " I observed that the harvest in many parts was collected hastily : almost every considerable corn field and farm house
had its threshing-floor In the open air . In many places I saw large companies threshing out at once the crop of the farmer . " Another traveller f informs us that he observed the practice of treading out the corn by oxen
to be universal in Italy : " the liule groups presented in this occupation Save , " he adds , " a singularly cheerful and primitive aspect /*
By the reader of Helot ? s Pilgrimage the interesting ' chapter on the Essenes will not be easily forgotten . In J . D . Michaelis' Introduction to the New Testament , [ Marsh ' s Transl . ] Vol . IV . 82 , &c , an admirable sketch is given of the principal doctrines and customs of that sect , an acquaintance with whose characteristic features
will be not unimportant to theological students . Among the notes to Strauss ' s work there is one , which must not be overlooked , On the simoom , Vol . II . 389 , and referable to p . 275 . We shall copy it throughout :
" Dr . Clarke ( IV . 252 ) says of the Simoom , as experienced by him in Palestine , Its parching influence pervaded all places alike , and coming as from a furnace , it seemed to * threaten us all with sutifocatioh . The author was the first
who sustained serious injury from the fiery blast , being attacked by giddiness , accompanied with burning thirst ; 'head ache and frequent tits of shivering ensued , and these ended in violent fever . ' Notwithstanding the respectable authorities for its deadly effects in the desert , the
accurate Burckhagdt ( Travels in Nubia , p . 189 ) says , I inquired as I had often done before , whether my companions had often experienced the Sernouih , which we translate by the poisonous blast of the deseFt , but which is nothing more than a violent south-east wind . They answered in the affirmative ; but
* ]> iereton \ s Inquiry , &c , 2 nd edit ., 4 G , 47 . -f Th <* late J . Beli , Observations on Italy , 121 .
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none liad ever known an instance of its having proved 'fatal . I have been fepeatedly exposed to the hot wind in ' tbfe Syrian and Arabian deserts , in Uppefr Egypt and Nubia . The hottest and most violent I ever experienced , was at
Suakm i yet even there I felt no particular inconvenience from it , although exposefl to all its fury In the open pftiin . For my own part , I am perfectly convinced that all the stories which travellers , or
the inhabitants of the towns of Egypt and Syria , relate of the Sernoum , are greatly-exaggerated , * and / never could hear of a single well-authenticated instance of its having proved mortal either to man or beast . I never dbserved that
the Semoirm blows close to the ground , as commonly supposed , but always observed the whole atmosphere appear as if in a state of combustion : the dust and sand are earned high hito the air , which assumes a reddish , or blneish , or yellowish tint , according to the nature and colour of the ground from which the dust
arises . ' " Burckliardt , undoubtedly , was one of the most aoeuraie of observers and most faithful of reporters . We are strongly disposed therefore to
admit his statements ^ nd opinions as correct . Yet if the feet be , that most of the stories concerning the Semoum are greatly exaggerated , it is a memorable example of tiie credulity and carelessness of several other :
travellers ; to say nothing- of the qualities of the individuals , from whom these stories were received . c < The deadly wind of the desert / ' has often made its appearance in romance and poetry : we have been familiar with it there from our childhood ; nor arc we astonished that the creations of
fiction have sometimes been offered and accepted for the narratives of history . As to the mortal effects of the Semoum . the delusion ( such we
take it to he ) has long existed , and is widely diffused . The prevalence of the error has been chiefly owing , we believe , to two causes—the neglect of strict and personal inquiry , and inattention to the rules of evidence . J-
* To Midiaelis' queries on this subject we are inclined to subjoin another . May not the supposed effects of the hot wind called Smum be really those of the hot season , which , among the Arabs , has the same name ? See Nfcbuhr ' s Description , Sec , l > . 7 .
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614 Revieib . — The Ntkes , ' $ *< :., to 7 ¥ elon > s Pilgrimage .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/42/
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