for sailing, but to pass over shallows, rocks, and sands,--where the pursuer (heavy laden) would be sure to strike;--and although the danger of shipwreck was, also, apparent to the Tyrian himself,--his vessel, "wise men" and mariners,--still to follow a national monopoly according to the policy of his country, he dared the hazard of the die, although life and wealth were in the desperate game! It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, that Tyrus, from practising such devices and courage upon the waters of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, should have gained and secured to herself the title of Queen of the Sea; but the Policy was not founded in brotherly love, or neighbourly intercourse; and as a consequence, the Tyrians were against every rising maritime nation, which drew from those countries in return, an unconquerable contempt for their pride and monopoly, and compelled them to place so high a duty upon imports into Tyrus, as by degrees to injure her prosperity, and the several nations thence (as a necessity) became their own manufacturers. The writer (or the reader) of history would pass his time uselessly, if he did not draw strong conclusions for a nation's downfall,--when built upon such an unjust foundation as that of absolute and unconditional commercial monopoly. Nations of ancient days should be viewed as beacons for the modern. Although Tyrus visited every country, yet every nation at this time (Sidon and Israel excepted) received her with wounded pride,--no home or haven was given from love, but from fear,--every hand was ready to be raised against her; and when the fatal moment arrived when it could be done with safety, not a Nation, upon the surrounding shores of the Mediterranean, but at once exerted the wished-for resentment;--and this was but in accordance with Prophecy. [Ezekiel xxvi.] "Many nations to come up against thee." [_i. e._ Tyrus.] This just behaviour the Tyrians knew would be their doom; and in the day when the Judgment of GOD and of Nations fell upon them, they acted in the great emergency, in a manner perfectly in keeping with their ocean-spirit of Independence. We will not anticipate events pertaining to warfare,--for the reign now under consideration was one of peace and happiness.