All this appeared so wise to Pharaoh, that he thought, as God had shewed Joseph these things, he was the only "wise and discreet person" for the emergency.

So Pharaoh placed a ring upon Joseph's hand, and set him over all the land of Egypt, to be next in power to himself: and Pharaoh caused his people to pay Joseph all the homage and respect due to so exalted a station.

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah : and he married him to Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On.

The changing of Joseph's name was in accordance with an ancient custom among eastern princes.

Nebuchadnezzar, we read, imposed new names upon Daniel, and his companions in Babylon: and to this day, it is said, the Mogul never advances a man, but he gives him a new name, or title,-in the same manner that, at the present day, in our own country, as a peculiar mark of favour from the sovereign, a man is created duke, marquis, &c,, &c., of any particular place he may have signalized himself in.

Joseph, we learn, was about thirty years of age at the time he was placed over all the land of Egypt.

In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly; and he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which was in the land of Egypt, and laid it up in the cities.

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Now by this time the seven years of plenty in Egypt were ended, and the seven years of dearth began, as Joseph had said,-scarcity of food was in all the lands; "but in the land of Egypt there was bread." And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried unto Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh told them to go to Joseph, and do what he told them.

While the famine lasted, Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and people from all the countries round about, came into Egypt to buy corn, because the famine was so grievous in the lands.

In continuing Joseph's History, we shall give our readers a short account of the river Nile and its annual overflow, as it will explain to them, why there was in Joseph's time such a famine.

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F all the plants given to man for his use, perhaps none contributes more to his comfort and enjoyment than the tea-plant. We have, therefore, thought it might be interesting and instructive to our young friends to describe it in its different stages of preparation, before it comes to us as our favourite beverage; first then, the tea-tree is a native of China, and Japan; and is a dwarf species of the camellia tribe. tree grows to the height of six or eight feet, and is an evergreen its blossoms are white, and not unlike the white

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