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I am a word of 16 letters.
- My 4, 5, 13, 15, 8, 13, is a city in Spain.
- My 13, 14, 12, is a river in Russia.
- My 1, 2, 16, 3, 5, 1, is a part of the body.
- My 4, 11, 1, 2, is a very troublesome insect.
- My 7, 8, 9, 9, 8, 5, 4, is a boy’s name.
- My 10, 8, 13, is what all are guilty of.
- My 6, 12, 3, 7, is something very common in cold weather.
- My whole is a person who has created some excitement of late.
MERRY’S MUSEUM.
VOLUME IV.—No. 5.
SKETCHES OF BIBLE SCENES.
Ruins of Jericho as they now appear.
Jericho was situated twenty miles northeast of Jerusalem. It was taken by Joshua, who received orders from God to besiege it soon after his passage over Jordan. There was a most remarkable fulfilment of Joshua’s denunciation against any who should rebuild it: “Cursed be the man before the Lord that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho; he shall lay the foundations thereof in his first-born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gate of it.” This warning prevented the Jews from building on the spot where the ancient city had stood; but about five hundred years after, Hiel of Bethel undertook to rebuild it, and lost his eldest son in laying the foundations, and his youngest when he hung up the gates.
The modern village, called Eicha, is situated in the midst of a plain, and is very miserable and filthy, being composed of hovels made of four stone walls, covered with cornstalks and gravel. The few gardens around seem to contain nothing but tobacco and cucumbers. About two miles from the village may be seen foundations of hewn stones and portions of walls, which render it probable that it was the site of the ancient city.