[138 ]Ibid., vol. i. p. 123.

[139 ]Ibid., vol. i. note to p. 124.

[140 ] Brown's Unicorn, p. 34.

[141 ]Mythology among the Hebrews, p. 158,

[142 ]Ibid., 159.

[143 ]Ibid., 160.

[144 ]Jewish History and Politics, by Sir Edward Strachey, Bart. London, 1874, p. 256.

[145 ]Phoenicia, by John Kenrick, M.A. London, 1855, p. 301.

[146 ]Dictionary of the Bible, edited by William Smith, LL.D. Art. ASHTORETH.

[147 ]Dictionary of the Scottish Language, iii. 299.