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The Place of Death

           WhilstIwasgazingandwondering,suddenlyitoccurredtomebeingfamiliarwiththeOldTestament thatSolomonwentastrayafterstrangegods, thenamesofthreeofwhomIremembered "Ashtoreth,thegoddessoftheZidonians,Chemosh,thegodoftheMoabites,andMilcom,thegodofthechildrenofAmmon" andIsuggestedtomycompanionsthatthefiguresbeforeusmightrepresentthesefalseandexplodeddivinities. 

           "Hum,"saidSirHenry, whoisascholar,havingtakenahighdegreeinclassicsatcollege, "theremaybesomethinginthat;AshtorethoftheHebrewswastheAstarteofthePhoenicians,whowerethegreattradersofSolomon’stime. Astarte,whoafterwardsbecametheAphroditeoftheGreeks,wasrepresentedwithhornslikethehalf-moon,andthereonthebrowofthefemalefigurearedistincthorns. PerhapstheseColossiweredesignedbysomePhoenicianofficialwhomanagedthemines. Whocansay?" 

           Beforewehadfinishedexaminingtheseextraordinaryrelicsofremoteantiquity,Infadooscameup, andhavingsalutedthe"SilentOnes"byliftinghisspear,askedusifweintendedenteringthe"PlaceofDeath"atonce,orifwewouldwaittillafterwehadtakenfoodatmid-day. Ifwewerereadytogoatonce,Gagoolhadannouncedherwillingnesstoguideus. Asitwasnotlaterthaneleveno’clockdriventoitbyaburningcuriosityweannouncedourintentionofproceedinginstantly, andIsuggestedthat,incaseweshouldbedetainedinthecave,weshouldtakesomefoodwithus. 

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