36 THE FIRST DIVERS 



"And when the Two-horned arrived at the places where 

 the sun rose and set, he saw the seventh heaven and the 

 region where it was situated. . . . And he spake unto 

 God in a prayer, saying, 'Oh my Lord and my God — praise 

 and glory be unto Thee! — Oh Thou Who art betwixt 

 heaven and earth. I give much thanks unto Thee, Oh my 

 God, because I have seen Thy wonders in Thy earth, and 

 Thy creation, and Thy country. None of the men who 

 have been before me, and none of those who shall come 

 after me upon the earth shall see the mountains and the 

 seas, and the darkness, and the light which I have seen, and 

 I have also been to the mountain which is in the depths of 

 the sea, and I know it. And O, my Lord and God, I 

 long to know where is the sea which surroundeth the 

 whole world, and what wonders there are in it so that I 

 may describe them to Thy creatures.' Then God promised 

 to grant him this desire also, and to set the knowledge 

 thereof in his heart. 



"Then the Two-horned ordered his troops to march, 

 and they made ready to do so. And he took with him 

 the ships which were necessary for them, and then he 

 marched on until he came to the sea which lieth beyond 

 the heavens and the earth. No ship had ever sailed over 

 this sea, and no man had ever crossed it, but God brought 

 him safely until he came to the sea and to the Seven 

 Seas. . . . 



"Then the Two-horned went into a cage of glass which 

 was covered with asses' skins, and it had a door which 



