manna, which took place on the following day, was not confined to the Fiume grande, but seems to have fallen in still greater abundance in another place, called Santa Barbara, at a considerable distance:  it covered a space of two hundred and fifty paces in length, by fourteen paces in breadth.  An individual, named Guiseppe Giarrusso, informed Sig.  G.M.  La Pira, that about half-past eight o’clock, A.M., he witnessed this shower of manna, and described it as composed of extremely minute drops, which, as soon as they fell, congealed into a white concrete substance; and the quantity was such, that the whole surface of the ground was covered, and presented the appearance of snow:  the depth, in all cases, seems to have been inconsiderable.  This aerial manna was somewhat purgative, when administered internally; and the chemical analysis of it seemed to prove, that its constituents, though somewhat different from that obtained from the ornus rotundifolia,[6] did not materially differ from the latter in its constituents.  Sig.  La Pira describes it of a white colour, and somewhat granular or spherical; it seems to have had some resemblance, externally, to that of the Scriptures; but it is not stated that it became corrupt on being preserved.

Water from the Rock.

At the rock, in Horeb, called Meribah, Moses miraculously supplied the people with water.  He smote the rock, and an abundant stream immediately issued:  this extraordinary source of supply is now dried up, but there is still left sufficient evidence to confirm the fact.  It will suffice for our purpose that we quote, in corroboration, the description of an eye-witness and recent traveller:  “We came to the celebrated rock of Meribah.  It still bears striking evidence of the miracle about it; and it is quite isolated in the midst of a narrow valley, which is here about two hundred yards broad.  There are four or five fissures, one above the other, on the face of the rock, each of them about a foot and a half long, and a few inches deep.  What is remarkable, they run along the breadth of the rock, and are not rent downwards; they are more than a foot asunder, and there is a channel worn between them by the gushing of the water.  The Arabs still reverence this rock.”  Dr. Clarke only spoke the truth when he asserted that the BIBLE was the best itinerary that the traveller in Palestine could possess.

“Weighing in the Balance.”

The sentence of the ALMIGHTY, emblazoned on the walls of the palace of Babylon, which registered the fate of Belshazzar, was deciphered by the skill of Daniel.  Part of this sentence is thus interpreted:  “TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.”  The author gives an interesting illustration of the allusion.  Here, it will be perceived, is the balance in which the actions of the individual have been weighed; and we have only further to remark, that the former Mogul kings were, on their ascending