Abarim

High mountains of Moab. From Mt. Neba, the highest summit, Moses is said to have viewed the land of Canaan, where he died. Ab/aris, the Hyperborean, a celebrated sage of antiquity, whose history and travels have been the subject of much learned discu ion. Everything relating to him is apocryphal, and even his særa is doubtful. Some refer his appearance in Greece to the third Olympiad, others to the 21st, while some transfer him to the 52d Olympiad, or 570 years B. C. Abas, a weight used in Persia, for weighing pearls; it is equal to 2.25 grains Eng.