middle ol October, and remain in g 1 condition all
winter ( I'h -on. /.,//»/ and Book, ii. 392; but in
August, according to Russell, Nat. /list, of lleppo, i. 107 . I ley are uncommonly fleshy, juicy, and sweet to tie- taste (Pliny, xiii, 34), and are much enjoyed by the Orientals a- a refreshment (Carne, i, 8). The rind is
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used in the manufacture of morocco leather, and. to- gether with the hark, is sometimes used medicinally to expel the tape-worm. Russell i Vat. Hist, of Aleppo, i. 85, 2d ed.) States that ••lemon- have by no means superseded tie- pomegranate; the latter i- more easily procured through the winter, and i- often in cooking pr< ferred to the lemon. The tier i- much cultivated in the gardens .and orchards of Palestine and Northern Syria. The fruit i- seldom ripe earlier than the end of August, when roost families lay in a stock for winter consumption. There are three varieties of the fruit — one Bweet, another very acid, and a third, in which both qualities are agreeably bit nded. The juice of the sour fruit is often used in-lead of vinegar. The other- are cut open when Berved up to table; or the grains, taken out and besprinkled with sugar or rose-water, are brought to table in saucers. The grains likewise, fresh
as well as dried, make a considerable ingredient in cookery." He adds that the tree- .an' apt to suffer much in severe w inter- from extraordinary cold. See Celsius, Hierobot. i. 271 sip: Oken, Lehrbuch dt r /.'«- tanik, II. ii. '.'17 bcj.; Geiger, Pharmaceutischt Botanik, ii. 1417 sq.; Plenk, Plant. Hed. Tab. p. 376; Layard, Nineveh, ii. ■_':;:;.
Pomerania, a province of Prussia, situated in the north-east, and bordering on the Baltic, was oner the possession of the Slaves and Swede-, and ha- such a pe- culiar ecclesiastical record that we here take -pace to detail it. In the 6th century some Slavic tribes settled in Northern Germany, and called the coast along the Baltic Sea Pomorze, i. e. on the sea-coast. The foremost deities of this Wendish people were Belbog, Czernibog, Radogost, Swantew it. Herovit, < ierovit, and Triglav.
I. Introduction of Christianity. About the year I"11" the bishopric of Colberg was founded a- a dependence of the archbishopric ofGnesen, and Reinbern appoint- ed bishop; hut Reinbern having gone to Kiel to at- tend the celebration of the nuptials of the daughter of Boleslaus with the son of the czar Wladimir, and stopping at the Russian court, this commencement proved fruitless. The attempt of Bernhard, a Spanish monk, to introduce Christianity, which was made a century after- wards, was equally unsuccessful. Bul Boleslaus Kr/.y- vousti, king of Poland, having subjected to hi- rule part of Pomerania, and wishing to make Christians of his
new Subjects, desired Otto, bishop of Bamberg, to bring
those heathens the light of the GospeL Otto, having ob- tained i he agreement ofpopeCalixtusII, set on bis way, April 19, L124, over Prague. Breslau, Posen, and Gnesen, when ho stopped seven days and celebrated Whitsun- tide. Wratislav, the Pomeranian chief, who. as a boy, had been christened at Aferseburg, came to meet the apostle, and gave him two of his warrior- to guide him to Pyritz. In thi- place the pagans were engaged in the celebration of one of their feasts. Otto preached to the 4000 men assembled at that solemnity, and a week had scarcely elapsed, during which he and hi- associates were busy instructing the daily increasing crowd in the Christian doctrines, when the hi -hop prescribed a three day.-' fasting, after which more than 7000 heathens were admitted to baptism. After erecting an altar, :.nd leaving our of his priests. Otto went via Stargard to Katumin. the residence of the prince. The wile of the latter received the apostle with great joy. He topped fifty days, converted 3585 persons, laid the foundation of a church, and left a priest, lor whose maintenance the prince had granted some lands. Julio, afterwards called Wollin, mostly inhabited by pirate-. was not -o favorably disposed toward- the new- religion; hut. alter more it le— persecution, the Chri-tians were permitted to have the town unscathed and cross the I tivenow. 1 Ion i n t<«. after resting a few days, < utered upon negotiations with the inhabitants: hut all he could
■i! tain ti he chiefs ol the city was that they would
direct themselves bj the example of Stettin, the oldest and noblt -t city of Pomerania. Thither < ttto repaired. crossing the Haff, in company with Rcdamir, a citizen
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