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Upon departing from Elim, the Israelites encamped by the Red Sea. As the mountains of the Sinaitic group extend in lofty and broken ridges northwestward quite into the sea, thus crossing obliquely the line of march of the Hebrews southward, they could not advance, except by bearing eastward along Wady Humr, or turning to the right, and passing down Wady Tyebeh to the sea. They, therefore passed through this last gap in the mountain, and entered the "wilderness of Sin." This is a sterile stony district, lying along the coast, and extending far southward. From it the mountain ranges run eastward, and northeastward, far into the interior. Of course, between them are valleys, or what we would call passes or gorges. One of these, Feiran, extends by Gebel Serbal to the very base of Mount Sinai. The object of Moses, in descending through Tyebeh to the sea, evidently was to come to the outlets of these mountain valleys, and through them to penetrate more easily to Horeb, which is shut up as a sanctuary in the interior. The probability is that they entered the mountains through several valleys, thus dividing their vast host into several portions; and as they advanced they concentrated in the large and well-watered valley of Feiran, in the vicinity of Gebel Serbal. If Serbal be not the true Horeb, but the mountain now visited as such be it indeed, then they advanced east and southeast along Wady Feiran and Wady es Sheikh to the modern Mount Sinai. In either case, the view intended to be presented in the engraving in the fore part of the number, lay to the west of them, exhibiting a portion of the Red Sea, and the gloomy and precipitous mountains of the African Thebaid, to great advantage. But I must advertise the reader that the sacred historian places Rephidim much further from the sea, quite within the mountains, and only one day's journey from Horeb. The passage of Scripture in which the position of Rephidim is suggested, is so beautiful and so truthful, when we consider the moral condition of the people, their circumstances, and the character and duties of Moses, that the reader must have the benefit of it.

"And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and pitched in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink, wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said, Why chide ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt the Lord? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the Lord, say. ing, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod wherewith thou smotest the river (or sea) take in thine hand and go. Behold I (the luminous

cloud) will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel."

The pungent question which the people put to Moses,-"Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?" would seem to intimate, that they had doubts of his integrity, and suspected that he was in collusion with Pharaoh, intending to secure their destruction in the wilderness. It was this suspicion, probably, that made them almost ready to stone Moses. They had evidently taken up stones with this intent; otherwise Moses could scarcely have said, "They be almost ready to stone me." How truthful is this character of an ignorant and suffering people? We have seen the same exhibitions in Paris and St. Petersburg during the prevalence of the cholera. The poor people suspected that their governments had employed the physicians to kill them; and in Paris an armed force was necessary to protect the physicians during their professional visits to the hospitals; and in St. Petersburg the presence of the Emperor at the barricades,, and his paternal and religious exhortation were necessary to quiet the excited multitudes, and induce them to lay down their weapons.

At Rephidim a new and unexpected danger presented itself. When Israel departed from Egypt, the Lord would not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, though that was the direct route from Egypt to Canaan, tines would resist their passage by force of because it was feared that the warlike Philisarms; and thus the ignorant and unwarlike multitude would fly back to Egypt. They were therefore led far to the south, through the wilderness of Mount Sinai, with the intention of approaching Palestine from the south. They had now been out from Egypt more than a month, during which time the news of their passage of the Red Sea, and of their advance into the wilderness towards Palestine, had spread thither, and had aroused the fears of the Amalekites, whose country lay south of Palestine, extending southward to the vicinity of Horeb. These Amalekites were the descendants of Esau by his eldest son, and were a powerful nomadic or shepherd people. They naturally dreaded the approach of such a host as Israel with their flocks and herds; and therefore they organized an expedition to oppose them in the mountain defiles, and thus check them before they advanced into the higher and more open country to the north, which was properly the pasture-grounds of Amalek. This expedition attacked a portion of the Hebrew host

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in the rear, as it could scarcely expect to meet it successfully in a set battle. It was the manner, as much as the wickedness of the attack itself (for they were brethren, the one descended from Esau and the other from Jacob), that caused Jehovah to give the following charge to Israel, thirty-eight years afterwards on the banks of the Jordan,-"Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it." (Deut. xxv. 17-19.) The details of the battle at Rephidim may be found in the seventeenth chapter of Exodus. In the first we have clear manifestation of the divine will, that Israel should defend himself so soon as he was able, and to the extent of his ability, thus co-operating with the divine providence over him. When Amalek appeared, Moses called Joshua, (who now first becomes

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visible in the wondrous story of the wanderings,) and placed him at the head of the Hebrew force. The fight was long and fierce, and the fortunes of the day rose and fell as Moses was able to hold up his hands towards heaven; or as weary they sunk by his side. As the sun went down, "Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And the Lord said unto Moses, I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." How truly this purpose has been accomplished will appear from the fact, that no vestige of this people can now be found. It does not follow that they have all perished. The declaration of Jehovah is not to this effect; but he says, he will put out the "remembrance," that is the name of Amalek. Five hundred years after the battle at Rephidim, Saul nearly exterminated them; and shortly after Saul, David supposed that he had not left of Amalek either man or woman alive. From this period they melted away and were lost in the Nabatheans.

From this first martial display of the Hebrews, their military organization took its rise. This, as well as the further development of their state policy, will be reserved for illustration in a future number.

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FIGURE 1. Dress Toilette.-Robe Louis XIII., of strawcoloured satin. Corsage square, with long point in front. Sleeves rather short, straight from the elbow upward, without being tight, large below. Skirt forming a slight train behind. Hips a little low.

The corsage, the sleeves, and the mountings of the skirt are trimmed with a ruche of black lace forming the head of the principal trimming, which is everywhere two rows of very light black silk lace, with large dents. The lace is gathered a little, especially round the base of the sleeves, and of the skirt. The mountings of the jupe are

very wide apart at the bottom, and approach gradually to the point of the corsage.

The coiffure is of scarlet velvet, with a crown forming a net for the hair. At each side is a bunch of round noeuds with two long ends, and between the noeuds, grapes of large golden pearls. Hair in bandeaux, puffing below the temples.

FIGURE 2. Toilette of a Young Lady.-Robe of light blue taffetas. Corsage falling away, exposing a chemisette of white lace. Waist long. Berthe round, tucked up in front en draperie. Skirt double, the under one plain and

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full. The upper is festooned at the sides. The corsage is trimmed with six heads of white plumes, two placed together at the middle of the berthe, and then four graduated in size and distances toward the waist, the lowest being the smallest. On each side of the upper jupe are five plumes, graduated to correspond to those on the corsage, and finally, at the lower end of these rows are clusters of three plumes festooning the skirt. The berthe and the skirt are further ornamented with silver passementerie and fringe, narrow on the former, and wide on the latter.

FIGURE 3. Visiting Toilette.-Bonnet of pink satin, trimmed with a network of chenille, which encloses the crown. Under-trimming of small white flowers. Hair in waving bandeaux.

Robe of gros de tours, with white wreaths broché on a felt ground. Trimming of silk fringe of the same colour as the dress, mixed here and there at considerable intervals with white chenille. There are five rows of this fringe on the corsage, and eight rows on the skirt, the former graduated in both width and length, the latter in length only. The three rows which trim the sleeves are put on obliquely, being higher in front of the arm than at the back of it.

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foliage, placed low on the left side, and it is lined with straw-coloured taffetas.

Robe of dark green taffetas, trimmed on the skirt with six flounces cut in rounded scallops, and pinked. Three similar volants finish the sleeves. Corsage open in front in a wide V, extending entirely to the point. Around the opening is a revers also pinked. Plain chemisette with collarette and ruff of lace. Under-sleeves of tulle, bordered with lace.

FIGURE 5. Walking Dress.-Bonnet of lilac taffetas, trimmed all round the edge with blonde, and with white flowers and green foliage, both at the side and within the face. Robe of damask without trimming; skirt very full. Pardessus of taffetas, of the colour called hanneton, which is a kind of dull scarlet. It is edged with black lace de laine, and ornamented with galon sewed on zigzag.

FIGURE 6. Walking Dress.-Bonnet of white taffetas, disguised with crêpe lisse, and ornamented with white feathers headed with foliage of green satin. Mantelet of light green taffetas, trimmed with silk fringe corresponding in colour, surmounted with a bouillonné of the same material as the mantelet. Robe of felt-coloured taffetas, without trimming.

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with a nœud to each of silk galon. The pardessus is adjusted to the corsage as though part of it. It is open in front, and sets to the shape with busk before and behind. The edge of the corsage opening, and around the waist and the lower part of the sleeves are trimmed with a roll and points of pinked taffetas. The jupe is very full, and composed of two pinked flounces, rounded behind, but tending to a point in front. A single pink volant finishes the sleeve.

The corsage, the sleeves, and the two volants of the jupe have a second trimming of black lace, the edge of which is rounded into large scales. On the corsage, the lace is put on flat, while that on the sleeves and the jupe is gathered. The under-sleeves are of white lace, very full, but gathered by a band at the wrist.

Small collar of white lace, with a cravat of white riband.

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FIGURE 8. Dress for a Little Girl Twelve Years Old.Frock of pale lilac taffetas. Corsage falling away all round. Waist long. Skirt a little short, and gathered at the waist, under a narrow belt which is tied behind. Sleeves demi-large, and reaching but little below the elbow. The sleeve ends with four biaises, placed in relief one over the other; they are open at the elbow, and extend in front half way to the hand. The skirt is trimmed with thirteen tucks, one over the other, occupying more than half its height.

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GENERAL REMARKS.-Very little change has been made in the shape of bonnets, which have all the face a little open, and approaching on each side under the chin. As regards trimmings, however, there is a great variety of new and beautiful styles. Capotes of taffetas, for instance, are trimmed some with narrow volants, or gathered ruches of gauze or taffetas ribands; others with twists upon each recess composed alternately of biaises of satin and crêpe lisse, others still are trimmed or rather covered with volants of gauze riband, the edge of which is sometimes cut in rounded scallops, and sometimes has an ornament of a different description either woven in with the riband, or sewed to it: further, the trimming may be of blonde, of passementerie, of straw, &c., &c. For under-trimming in all these cases flowers are preferred.

Very pretty capotes are also made of tulle-malines with small spots. The tulle is always placed upon crape of some light colour, rose, lilac, yellow, or blue.

Robes for demi-dress have almost all the corsage open nearly to the waist, and the sleeves also are open at the bottom. The skirts are long, too long, "Les Modes Parisiennes" thinks, to be worn elsewhere than in the carriage or the drawing-room, it being entirely out of taste to sweep the walks of the Champs-Elysées with handsome silk dresses. There has been no change in the width of skirts. Robes of taffetas are still trimmed with many scalloped flounces. Five of these, diminishing gradually in width from the lowest to the highest, form a favourite mode. The first volant is usually about twice the width of the last.

Some very elegant silk robes are trimmed with volants bordered with gathered ruches of narrow lace de laine of colour corresponding with the robes. In this case there are only three volants, and the little ruche which borders them is placed also at the foot of the upper one. Ruches of narrow silk riband are often employed instead of those just described. If the robe is of several shades of colour, the riband is of satin, of that shade of the stuff which is most lively.

Fichus are much oftener ornamented with crossing volants than with ruffs. These volants are of Malines or Valenciennes lace, and are always separated by intermediates of embroidered muslin or of lace. The collar is composed of a foundation of embroidered muslin edged with a volant of lace. It must be remarked here that for morning negligés ruff trimmings are very often chosen rather than those just alluded to. For under-skirts, pantalets for infants, etc., embroidery of the most compact kind is preferred.

For materials for dresses, especially for the morning, taffetas is much used. It is of all colours, plain and striped. Among the novelties in this line may be mentioned the taffetas Pompadour, in white and green satin stripes, spotted with bunches of roses, the stuff Fontanges, of which the ground is pearl-gray, divided by a broad white stripe, covered also with small, neat blue flowers; and the taffetas Pompadour-duchesse, colour bleuet-camaieu (blue-onyx), with large white stripes varied with little flowers interlaced with each other, and presenting many lively colours. There are also many changeable taffetas, among which the blue and gold edged with flowers is much admired.

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