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           Eveninthesymbolsusedtherewasanaddedsignificanceofalliteration.’Forever’isgiveninthehieroglyphicsas’millionsofyears’.Thissymbolwasrepeatedninetimes,inthreegroupsofthree;andaftereachgroupasymboloftheUpperWorld,theUnderWorld,andtheSky.SothatforthisLonelyOnetherecouldbe,throughthevengeanceofalltheGods,resurrectioninneithertheWorldofSunlight,intheWorldoftheDead,orforthesoulintheregionoftheGods.

           "NeitherMr.TrelawnynorIdaredtotellanyofourpeoplewhatthewritingmeant.Forthoughtheydidnotbelieveinthereligionwhencethecursecame,orintheGodswhosevengeancewasthreatened,yettheyweresosuperstitiousthattheywouldprobably,hadtheyknownofit,havethrownupthewholetaskandrunaway.

           "Theirignorance,however,andourdiscretionpreservedus.Wemadeanencampmentcloseathand,butbehindajuttingrockalittlefurtheralongthevalley,sothattheymightnothavetheinscriptionalwaysbeforethem.Foreventhattraditionalnameoftheplace:’TheValleyoftheSorcerer’,hadafearforthem;andforusthroughthem.Withthetimberwhichwehadbrought,wemadealadderupthefaceoftherock.Wehungapulleyonabeamfixedtoprojectfromthetopofthecliff.Wefoundthegreatslabofrock,whichformedthedoor,placedclumsilyinitsplaceandsecuredbyafewstones.Itsownweightkeptitinsafeposition.Inordertoenter,wehadtopushitin;andwepassedoverit.