"Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an _East-wind_ shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the _wilderness_, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels." "I will scatter them as with _an East-wind_ before the enemy: I will shew the back and not the face, in the day of their calamity." "Yea, behold, being planted shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the _East-wind_ toucheth it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew." "But she was plucked up in _fury_, she was cast down to the ground, and the _East-wind_ dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered, the fire consumed them." Another quotation from EZEKIEL is reserved for the next Section, to illustrate the Expedition. In the Book of JONAH, the very _cause_ of the East-Wind (_i. e._ _heat_) is given by the Prophet of Nineveh,--not given as an explanation, but as an attendant fact,--after 2700 years Science gives the former, by an application of the fact, and thus establishes another proof of the truth of Scriptural record. "And it came to pass, when the _Sun did arise_, that GOD prepared _a vehement East-wind_: and _the Sun_ beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live." [iv. 8.] Presuming that this branch of our subject has been sufficiently explained,--a slight review of the Tyrian vessels will be required, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they were of sufficient size and strength to endure this voyage around the Continent of Africa; and at a later period to cross the Atlantic Ocean. One examination will answer for both questions. The Tyrians had two species of large vessels. The earliest were the _Gauli_, so called from being nearly round, and used for coasting purposes, between Tyrus and the neighbouring ports,--this species of Galley had a sail and a few oars. The superior vessels for long voyages were Galleys of a much larger class, and oblong in shape,--they had one, two, or three banks of oars, in addition to one or two very large square-sails. The _rows_ of oarsmen (hence the name of _rowers_ to this time, although the mode of working has passed away) were so placed on their banks or seats, as to be all seen by the officer of the deck,--for the centre of the Galley was open down nearly to the ballast. They all kept time, and moved together, by watching the action of the officer (at the stern of the vessel) having the command of the rowers,--or by _singing_,--hence, we apprehend, arose the marine name,--Mer-chants, _i. e._ Singers of the Sea,--for the name is first applied in Scripture to the Tyrians.