612.] [Footnote 2: _See_ Vol.II.Pt.VII., c.i.p.

102.] [Footnote 3: 1 _Kings_, x.

22.] [Footnote 4: Venice, 1518.] [Footnote 5: [Greek: Kai odonton elephantinon kai pithekon kai lithon].
[Greek: BASIA TRITE].

x.22.It is to be observed, that Josephus appears to have been equally embarrassed by the unfamiliar term _tukeyim_ for peacocks.

He alludes to the voyages of Solomon's merchantmen to Tarshish, and says that they brought hack from thence gold and silver, _much_ ivory, apes, _and AEthiopians_--thus substituting "slaves" for pea-fowl--"[Greek: kai polus elephas, Aithiopes te kai pithekoi]." Josephus also renders the word Tarshish by "[Greek: en te Tarsike legomene thalatte]," an expression which shows that he thought not of the Indian but the western Tarshish, situated in what Avienus calls the _Fretum Tartessium_, whence African slaves might have been expected to come .-- _Antiquit.