OF THE

HOLY SCRIPTURES,

DERIVED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE

MANNERS. CUSTOMS, RITES, TRADITIONS, FORMS OF SPEECH ANTIQUITIES
CLIMATE, AND WORKS OF ART AND LITERATURE,

OF THE

EASTERN NATIONS;

EMBODYING ALL THAT IS VALUABLE IN THE WORKS OF

HARMER, BURDER, PAXTON, AND ROBERTS,

AND THE MOST

CELEBRATED ORIENTAL TRAVELLERS;

EMBRACING ALSO THE SUBJECT OF THE

FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY,

AS EXHIBITED BY KEITH AND OTHERS;

WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF COUNTRIES AND PLACES MENTIONED IN THE SACRED WRITINGS, ILLUSTRATED
BY NUMEROUS LANDSCAPE ENGRAVINGS, FROM SKETCHES TAKEN ON THE SPOT.

EDITED BY

REV. GEORGE BUSH,

PROFESSOR OF HEBREW AND ORIENTAL LITERATURE IN THE NEW YORK CITY UNIVERSITY.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

1856.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress in the year 1836, by JOHN C. HOLBROOK, in the Clerk's Office of the District
Court of Vermont.