Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Mountains. "They beat their wings so loudly, that they may be taken for other birds. "(Pliny, xi. 29.)
They are much larger in hot climates, (chap. i. 6.; Haydock) and may be heard at the distance of two miles, (Bo chart) darkening the air for the space of four leagues. Yet this description is poetical, and perhaps an allegory is nowhere better kept up.
