American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-04-08
Illustration Of Jonah ~. 8.

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that
God prepared a vehement cast wind and the sum
beat upon the head Of Jonah that he tainted, and
wished in himself to die, and sad-lt is better for
me 10 die than TO live.
This account Of the extreme heat of the climate
Of Nineveh is well illustrated in the ingenious MIR,
CampbeiPs travels
$ 1t was early in the evening when the pointed
turrets OF the city Of Mosul opened on our view.
and communicated no very unpleasant sensations to
my heart. found myself on Scripture ground.
and could not help feeling some portion Of the
pride OF The traveller, when reflected that was
now in sight Of Nneveh, renowned in holy writ
The city is seated in a very barren sandy plln, on
the banks Of the river Tigrist The external view
of the town is much in its favor being encompassed
with stately walls of solid stone, over which the
lseepes mnarets of other lofty buildings are seen
with increased effect Here first saw caravan
lencamped, hating on its march from the Gulph of
Persia to Armenia and it certainly made most
noble appearance filing the eye with multitude
lof grand objects, all uniting to form one marni6.
cent whole. But, though the outside be SO beaut-
full the inside is most deestable. The heat Is SO
Intense that, 10 the middle OF the day, there no
Isirring out and even at night, the walls oil the
houses are so heated by the days SUM- as Go pro-
duce dsagreeabe heat to the body, at foot or
ever yard distance from them However, I en-.
tered II Win SpilllS, because considered as the
last stage o! the worst part of my pilgrimage -
but, alas was disappointed in my expectation, for
the Tigrs was dried up by the intensity Of the heat
and an unusual long drought, and | was obliged to
take the matter with patient shrug, and accom-.
nodate my mind to journey on horseback, which.
though not SO long as that had already made, was
likely TO be equally dangerous; and which, there
fore, demanded full exertion OF forttude and re.
solution.
1t was still the hot season Of the year, and Wa
were TO travel through that counry, over which the
horrid wind | have before mentioned sweeps liz
consuming blasts 1t is called, by the Turks.
iSamiet is mentioned by Job under the pams OF the
East Wind and extends its ravages all the way
from the extreme end oil the Gulph Of Canbaya IN
Ito Mosul it carries with it fakes OF fire like
threads Of silk instantly strikes dead those THAI
breathe it, and consumes them inwardly to ashes.
the flesh soon becoming black as coal, and dror~
ping off the bones Philosophers consider il as Il
kind of electric fire. proceeding from the suphure
Gus nitrous exhalaons which are kindled BY
the agitation OF the winds. The only possib!t.
means of escaping from IS fatal effects, is TO faH
fiat on the ground and thereby prevent the drawing
lit in to do this however, is necessary first to-
Isee it, which is not always practicable.
The ordinary hea! of the climate is extremely
dangerous to the blood and lungs. and even to tn.
skin, which blisers and peels from the flesh, af-
lfecng the eyes SO much that travellers are obliged
to wear transparent covering oyes them: to keen
loft the heat