In the cavity of tlie whale, a safe and practicable asylum is afforded—not indeed in the stomach, but in another cavity of the wh.de ; the throat is large, and is provided with a bay or intestines, so considerable in size, that whales frequently take into it two of their young ones when weak, especially during: a tempest. In this vessel are two vents, which serve for inspiration and respiration ; and here, in all probability, Jcnah was preserved, not, indeed-, without a miracle, but with t.iat economy so frequently exemplified in the Scriptures> A law has been promulgated at Hamburg which sane tions marriages between Jetvs and Christians.
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 736, 4 May 1853, Page 3
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107Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 736, 4 May 1853, Page 3
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