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The Place of Death

           Theywerehumanbodiesindeed,orrathertheyhadbeenhuman;nowtheywerestalactites. ThiswasthewayinwhichtheKukuanapeoplehadfromtimeimmemorialpreservedtheirroyaldead.Theypetrifiedthem. Whattheexactsystemmightbe,iftherewasany,beyondtheplacingofthemforalongperiodofyearsunderthedrip, Ineverdiscovered,buttheretheysat,icedoverandpreservedforeverbythesiliceousfluid. 

           Anythingmoreawe-inspiringthanthespectacleofthislonglineofdepartedroyalties(thereweretwenty-sevenofthem,thelastbeingIgnosi’sfather),wrapped,eachofthem,inashroudofice-likespar,throughwhichthefeaturescouldbedimlydiscovered, andseatedroundthatinhospitableboard,withDeathhimselfforahost,itisimpossibletoimagine. Thatthepracticeofthuspreservingtheirkingsmusthavebeenanancientoneisevidentfromthenumber,which,allowingforanaveragereignoffifteenyears,supposingthateverykingwhoreignedwasplacedhereanimprobablething,assomearesuretohaveperishedinbattlefarfromhomewouldfixthedateofitscommencementatfourandaquartercenturiesback. 

           ButthecolossalDeath,whositsattheheadoftheboard,isfarolderthanthat,and,unlessIammuchmistaken,oweshisorigintothesameartistwhodesignedthethreeColossi. Heishewnoutofasinglestalactite,and,lookedatasaworkofart,ismostadmirablyconceivedandexecuted. 

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