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Lary of Scrip'vre Geography, containing Ac-
Illustrative of all the Places mentioned in the
d "Vew Testaments ; with Chronological and
rabies. Bv John R. Miles. Fourth edition.
a, Manchester and Liverpool.

nrnary, or repertory of the sub-
. The meaning of the Hebrew
ed first, then a digested account

>, its climate, soil, geographical po-
: on and elucidating the text. It
es of matter devoted to the subject.
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mate of Judea, after alluding to its
I. the author mentions its warmth,
latitude, and goes on, " The cold of
Mmes greater than in European cli-
grees farther to the north, but it is
the general character of the climate
heat and cold are, however, tern-
of the surface ; the winter being
eys, while in the summer the heat
!, and on the contrary, in the more
the winter months, or rather weeks,
, and snow sometimes falls, while
; commonly cool and refreshing.
ithout either snow or frost; and in
'hick ever occurs, the sun in the
enerally warm, and often hot; so
in reality but little felt, and the
d fires, may enjoy, during several
more genial and invigorating influ-
is the ordinary character of the
me years the cold is more severely
ne that it prevails, which is never
and more frequently not so much
nd of November, or beginning of
res become agreeable. It was at
71, King of Judah, is represented
:h a fire burning in the hearth be-
luxury, though frequently by no
:ed by the wealthy till the end of
* * The inhabitants of
Ily, had six several seasons of the
El time and harvest, cold and heat,
ld as agriculture constituted the
f the Jews, they adopted the same
th reference to their rural work :
;t among the Arabs to this day.—

not been brought down to
Dr. Wilde, Lord Lindsay,

f the field of blood—the
Inry their dead, from their
?,:on—it does not appear
ng with it; though tradi-
Dr. Wilde read an into-
micians in 1839, and an
" Narrative of a
wherein be stated that
The following remarks

A in his

description does not correspond
cto. "He had personally exa-
discovered at Jerusalem, and,
erein. he was led to believe it to
Field of Blood.' purchased with
•eturned by Judas to the Jewish
this tomb was of a mixed archi-
iiment being Grecian, the floral

hitrare Hebrew, and the door
a horizontal hinges. Inside it
out of the solid rock, each
h of the thre • sides, in all of
bund. The skulls which he
lo had never inhabited that
it Jerusalem at this period.
The skulls belonged to

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No Jew

the mixed races : two of

on the au

Dr. Prichard, were of Turkish
obably a negro of Mozambique.
discovered by an Arab of the

at the Pre

t System of Business among
By Edward Flower.

As recently been pub-
.s left upon our minds a
and philantbripy of the
e most ably advocates the
sistants—showing its numer-
eeling to the interests of the
t remedial measures which, if
result in the emancipation of
y from unreasonably long night
vantage to themselves morally
o the community at large. He
eral condition of the assistants,
which their lives are passed;
,f life in a physical, moral, in-
iew ; how those effects reach
:;iety; the reformation required
system, and elevate the morals
and, finally, the means by
n may be brought about, and
would arise from an abridgment
from fourteen and sixteen, to
abject has occupied public at-
d in this town the necessity for
more fully acknowledged than
therefore, here enter into de-
lls of the present system ; but
of the work—from which an
nand elsewhere—to our readers)
of our author's remedial pro-
term of daily labour to which
are snhject being ten hours, he
.te claim on the part of the shop-
Jet their hours of attendance should
.me—terminating not later than seven 1
ne object is merely " to compress the
ay into so many consecutive hours as
.heir due perfor "—the entire time
anemployed attendance to be devoted to
d spiritual h the assistants. The
Italy recomme , and which has already
,iderable ress in the town, is "to
the assistants upon the benevolent
Ation of the public,—showing the evils attendant
Apu lue present system of never-ending toil, and the
00 its that would be likely to attend an altered
7st ^ndeavouring to prevail upon all classes of
me - their purchases by day, and to abstain
311 L'ops after six in the evening. He
`‘ould be made by advertise-
-13; tags, and handbills widely
tr )f public lectures on the
jc is ; and, finally, by from
e awes of those high-minded
le the good work of allowing
thful recreation and ennooling studies to their depen-
is." Mr. Flower quotes from a writer in the Liver-
Mercury a suggestion, that, in order to show the
ibility of shortening the hours with advantage, a
nany should be formed of assistants and others, to
dish " a large mart for the sale of goods in the vari-
ding trades" pursued by shopkeepers, at which the
- system should be rigidly adhered to ; and that
' should be raised by shares, say 500 of £lO
''e sales be exclusively for cash. The success
,tern would, it is assumed, induce others to
ole. Of this plan our author is inclined
and we here differ from him in opi-
ace, such a mart would, in other
nanent bazaar ; and being in oppo-
ion of the several trades, it is not
Moyers would retain the assistants
heir service, as they would virtu_
ed in another concern carrying on i

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