Observations on divers passages of Scripture [by T. Harmer]. By T. Harmer. With additions and corrections by A. Clarke, Volume 3

Thomas Harmer

1816

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DIFFERENT METHODS OF DOING HONOUR TO THE DEAD	1

Funeral Rites of the Jews in Barbary	8

Page	13

The Head sometimes shaved in Mourning	14

Mourners at Funerals	31

An Account of the Irish Caoinan or Ancient	39

Lamentations of the Family of Houssain	42

Warriors often buried with their Armour	53

Different Kinds of destructive Insects in Judea	302

304	304

Small Flies very troublesome and often destructive in Judea	309

Different Kinds of Goats in Judea	312

Different Kinds of Sheep at Aleppo	314

Of some peculiar Quadrupeds mentioned in Scripture	316

Judea at present swarms with dangerous wild Beasts	321

Great Usefulness of Storks in the Holy Land	323

Coffins anciently used for Persons of Distinc	67

Burning Perfumes at the Graves of the Dead	78

A very curious Method of honouring deceased	86

Songs and Music used daily at Graves	97

Boughs Flowers c used in ornamenting	105

CONCERNING THE LITERATURE BOOKS C OF	122

Method of Preserving their Writings	130

Of Inscriptions Seals c of Letters	136

The same Subject continued	144

The same Subject continued	151

Solomons Portrait of Old Age	158

32	183

Further Remarks on Solomons Portrait of	193

Of their Discourses Tales c in their Public	206

OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO THE NATURAL CIVIL	214

Curious Remarks on the Brook Kidron	216

Remarks on the Plain where Sodom and Go morrha stood	218

Of Hedges in the East	221

Of the Roses and Balsam of Jericho	224

39	231

A Proof that by Horn of the Son of Oil used by Isaiah Syria is meant	232

Of the Fertility of Judea	234

86	237

Of the Fish found in the Mediterranean the Sea of Galilee and the Nile	241

Of the Mulberry Trees mentioned in Scripture	243

Of the Olive Tree in the Promised Land	245

Of the Dryness of the Ground previous to the Autumnal Rains	249

Curious Account of certain Kinds of Seeds mentioned by Isaiah chap xxviii 25 26	250

Different Kinds of Seeds eaten with their Bread	255

Eastern Gardens not remarkably well stored with Fruit Trees	258

Ancient Method of gathering the Olives	260

Oil Jars frequently buried in the Ground the better to preserve their Contents	263

Of the Time when the Vine and Olive blos	264

som	266

Wine Presses sometimes in the Vineyards but mostly in the Towns Curious Customs of the Ancient and Modern Greeks	271

Curious Explanation of Gen xlix 22 23	279

Of the Time in which the Vineleaf falls off	281

Different Kinds of Wines in the Holy Land	283

Superior Excellence of the Wine of Lebanon	286

Curious Exposition of Hosea xiv 57	291

Fires often made in the Fields to burn up the dry Herbage previous to the autumnal Rains	296

Of the Migration of different Kinds of Birds and the Use to be made of it in Agriculture	325

Of the vast Numbers of tame Turtle doves found in Egypt	336

Olive Groves Places of general Resort for Birds	340

of different Kinds	341

The Luxury of the Harams very op pressive to the People of the East	345

Public Justice badly administered in the East	350

Peasants in Persia permitted to ap proach the Throne with Complaints of Oppression against their Rulers	351

Of the Bastinado in the East	354

Prompt and arbitrary Executions frequent in the East	356

Of the Extermination of ancient royal Fami lies in the East	359

367	367

Certain Particulars relative to Palmyra	368

Some curious Remarks on the Euphrates	371

Of the Woods and Thickets in Judea	373

Of the wild Beasts in the Holy Land	377

Hurtful Animals common in the Holy	378

Tents usually pitched near Fountains	384

90	390

Of the Water Engines wrought by the Feet	393

97	397

Curious Particulars relative to Askelon	400

Towers used for People to fly to in Times	407

A remarkable Illustration of Gideons Defeat	420

Curious Illustration of Joel iii 3	428

Manner of introducing a Captive Prince into	435

Dust very injurious in the EastOf	439

Of the Time of the Year in which they	457

Farther Particulars on the same Subject	463

Curious Illustration of 1 Kings xx 34	470

People in the East often carry their whole	476

Of their Writings relative to the Convey	486

Taxes paid in Kind i e by a Part	493

Manner of the Expeditions of petty Princes	501

Remarks on the Title given to Ali Bey by	507

Method of catching the Crocodile in Egypt	514

Cause of the Pestilence in Egypt	521

Explanation of the third Plague of Egypt	527

Whitewashing Sepulchres in Use in	531

Of the Illuminations made on the Nile	534

Of the Excellence of the Waters of the Nile	541

Farther Illustration of Exod vii 19	548

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Title	Observations on divers passages of Scripture [by T. Harmer]. By T. Harmer. With additions and corrections by A. Clarke, Volume 3 Observations on divers passages of Scripture [by T. Harmer]. By T. Harmer. With additions and corrections by A. Clarke, Thomas Harmer
Author	Thomas Harmer
Editor	Adam Clarke
Edition	5
Published	1816
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	Jul 10, 2008

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