The natural history of the Bible ; or, A description of all the quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, trees, plants, flowers, gums, and precious stones, mentioned in the sacred scriptures: Collected from the best authorities, and alphabetically arranged / by Thaddeus Mason Harris.

  • Thaddeus Mason Harris
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1824
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Credit: The natural history of the Bible ; or, A description of all the quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, trees, plants, flowers, gums, and precious stones, mentioned in the sacred scriptures: Collected from the best authorities, and alphabetically arranged / by Thaddeus Mason Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (en EAR), instead of ashes (ApuER). The like allusion is observ- able in the Hebrew text of Eccles. vii. 1; but Dan. v. 25—8, 1s nearest to the passage before us. Many other examples might be collected out of both testaments. See Jer. i. 11, 19; Ezek. vii. 6; Hosea, ix. 15; Amos, v. 5; viii. 2; John, xv. 2; Rom. 1. 20—31; xi. 3; /2 Thes. ii. 11; Heb. xi. 37. All which instances have an affinity of sound with each other, like these of Daniel, but cannot easily be translated into another language, and therefore the beauty of them is frequently lost. , HYJENA. yay vsEBOA; in the Syro-hexapl. of Aquila, Tsabu; in Arabic, Dzuba, [Russell’s Aleppo, vol. ii. p. 186], Dubba, [Shaw's Trav, p. 173, ed. 4to.] and Dsabuon, [ Bochart, Hieroz. v. ii. p. 163]. | TAINA, Ecclus. xiii. 18. i This. word does not occur in our version of the canonical books of the Old Testament; but is found in Ecclesiasticus, xii. 18. There are, however, several passages in which the animal is supposed to be referred to. These I shall proceed to explain, after describing the animal itself. The hyzna is a kind of ravenous wolf, in Arabia, Syria, and Africa. It is a little bigger than a large mastiff dog, which it resembles in many respects. Its colour is gray, and streaked transversely with black. The hair is harsh, long, and rather shaggy. | | This animal is silent, savage, and solitary; cruel, fierce, and untamable. It is continually in a state of rapacity ; for ever growling, except when devouring its food. Its eyes then glisten, the bristles on its back stand erect, and its teeth appear; which, altogether give it a most dreadful aspect; and the terror is heightened by its terrible howl, which, it is said, is sometimes mistaken for that of a human voice in distress. For its size, it is the most ferocious, and. the most terrible of all other quadrupeds. Its courage is equal to its ferocity. It defends itself against the lion, is a match for the panther, and frequently overcomes the ounce. Caverns of the mountains, the clefts of the rocks, and subterraneous dens, are its chief lurking places. Its liking to dog’s flesh, or as it is commonly expressed, its aver- sion to dogs, 1s particularly mentioned by Mr. Bruce. ‘This animosity between the two animals, though it has escaped the notice of modern naturalists, appears to have been known to the ancients in the East: Bochart has quoted several striking autho- rities. In Ecclesiasticus, ch. xiii. 18, it is asked *« What agree- U Hy:na dicitur Arabicus Tsabu, quod quoque nomen ejus Hebraicum fuisse videtur. yva¥ forte dictus fuit, quod pellis ejus striis subalbis et infuscis distincta sit. Nam yay colorandi et tingendi notionem habet: et ANIMALIA vel a vocis sono, vel a colore et forma externa, vel ab aeconomia et moribus nomina sua apud Veteres reperisse constat. Tyschsen, Physiologus Syrus, p. 26. In the Tigre, the Hyzna is called * Zibee:” and * Gib, in the Amharic.