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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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dedicated, <strong>and</strong> were navigated by Egyptian pilots,<br />

<strong>the</strong> most renowned in <strong>the</strong> world. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

vessels is described as 180 by 45 feet, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

about 1,575 tons, <strong>and</strong> is computed to have returned<br />

to its owner nearly 8,000^ annually. (Comp.<br />

Fnsdliinder, u. •. vol. ii. p- 131, *c.) And yet <strong>the</strong>se<br />

were<br />

small ships compared with those built for <strong>the</strong><br />

conveyance <strong>of</strong> marble blocks <strong>and</strong> columns, <strong>and</strong><br />

especially <strong>of</strong> obelisks. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se is said to have<br />

carried, besides an obelisk, 1,200 passengers, a<br />

freight <strong>of</strong> paper, nitre, pepper, linen, <strong>and</strong> a laign<br />

cargo <strong>of</strong> wh^at.<br />

' <strong>The</strong> journey took about three months, ei<strong>the</strong>r up <strong>the</strong><br />

Nile, <strong>the</strong>nce by caravan, <strong>and</strong> again by sea; or else<br />

perhaps by <strong>the</strong> Pt(.>lemy Canal <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Red Sea.<br />

• It included gold-dust, ivory, <strong>and</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r-<strong>of</strong>-pearl<br />

from <strong>the</strong> interior <strong>of</strong> Africa, spices from Arabia,<br />

pearls from <strong>the</strong> Gulf <strong>of</strong> Persia, precioas stones <strong>and</strong><br />

byssus from India, <strong>and</strong> «flk trooi China.

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