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Article A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. ← Page 5 of 5 Article THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA: Page 1 of 5 →
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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
But before we quit the Phoenician navigation , it will be proper to notice the voyages made for Solomon , who , we are told by Holy Writ , " had a navy at Tarshish , which once in three years brought him . gold , silver , ivoiy , apes , and peacocks . * " On this voyage the ingenious traveller , Mr . Bruce , has given a long dissertation , in which he supposes , upon strong presumption , that Tarshish was situated on the coast of Zanguebarnear the present city of Melindaf
, . David took possession of the two ports of Eloth and Ezeon-geber , which ports his son Solomon visited in person , and by means of his friendship with Hiram , king of Tyre , collected ship-wrights and seamen ; pilots he was obliged to find elsewhere , who were acquainted with the Arabian Gulph and Indian Ocean . Now a vessel sailing from Suez , or the Elanitic Gulph , in any of the summer month ? , will find steadwind down the
a y gulph , where she will meet variable winds to carry her to the Streights ; and there she will find the sea monsoon , which blows S . W . and will-carry her to any part of India . On her return , she will be favoured with , the contrary monsoons ; by the help of these winds , in very early ages , the Indian trade was carried on without difficulty . Many doubts have arisen where the Ophir and Tarshish of the
scriptures were situated . We are told that the trade was carried on from the Elanitic Gulph , and brought returns of gold , silver , and Ivory ; and that the voyage took up three years . On examining these circumstances , Mr . Bruce is clearly of opinion , that Tarshish was situated near Melinda , on the African coast , and Ophir he takes to be Sofala , on the same coast . [ To be continued . ' }
The General History Of China:
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA :
Containing a Geographical , Historical , Chronological , Political , and Physical Description of the Empire of CHINA , CHINESE-TARTAKY , & c . { Continued from Page zi 6 . ]
THE seal which the magistrates receive from the Emperor are carried before them when there are any ceremonies to perform , or when they go to visit persons to whome they would show jespect : they are carried in a golden box by two men , upon a kind of litter , which goes before the chair of the mandarin : when he is arrived at the place where he designed , the seal is laid on a side-table covered with a carpet .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
But before we quit the Phoenician navigation , it will be proper to notice the voyages made for Solomon , who , we are told by Holy Writ , " had a navy at Tarshish , which once in three years brought him . gold , silver , ivoiy , apes , and peacocks . * " On this voyage the ingenious traveller , Mr . Bruce , has given a long dissertation , in which he supposes , upon strong presumption , that Tarshish was situated on the coast of Zanguebarnear the present city of Melindaf
, . David took possession of the two ports of Eloth and Ezeon-geber , which ports his son Solomon visited in person , and by means of his friendship with Hiram , king of Tyre , collected ship-wrights and seamen ; pilots he was obliged to find elsewhere , who were acquainted with the Arabian Gulph and Indian Ocean . Now a vessel sailing from Suez , or the Elanitic Gulph , in any of the summer month ? , will find steadwind down the
a y gulph , where she will meet variable winds to carry her to the Streights ; and there she will find the sea monsoon , which blows S . W . and will-carry her to any part of India . On her return , she will be favoured with , the contrary monsoons ; by the help of these winds , in very early ages , the Indian trade was carried on without difficulty . Many doubts have arisen where the Ophir and Tarshish of the
scriptures were situated . We are told that the trade was carried on from the Elanitic Gulph , and brought returns of gold , silver , and Ivory ; and that the voyage took up three years . On examining these circumstances , Mr . Bruce is clearly of opinion , that Tarshish was situated near Melinda , on the African coast , and Ophir he takes to be Sofala , on the same coast . [ To be continued . ' }
The General History Of China:
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA :
Containing a Geographical , Historical , Chronological , Political , and Physical Description of the Empire of CHINA , CHINESE-TARTAKY , & c . { Continued from Page zi 6 . ]
THE seal which the magistrates receive from the Emperor are carried before them when there are any ceremonies to perform , or when they go to visit persons to whome they would show jespect : they are carried in a golden box by two men , upon a kind of litter , which goes before the chair of the mandarin : when he is arrived at the place where he designed , the seal is laid on a side-table covered with a carpet .