THE FIRST DIVERS 4 1 



wake chain, boat, and faithful crew of one hundred and 

 fifty men. 



Neither Ethiopians, Syrians, nor Greeks illustrated their 

 stories, but colored pictures were the delight of the peoples 

 farther east — Persians and Indians — as well as of the Eu- 

 ropeans. The accompanying reproductions of miniatures 

 undoubtedly tell the same story, as visualized by artists 

 separated by thousands of miles and contrasting cultures 

 (Figs. 5 and 6). In the first, from a French manuscript 

 of the thirteenth century, Alexander wears the crown 

 and ermine of a typical Catholic monarch, while in the 

 second, an Indian work of three centuries later, our hero 

 appears in the full regalia of a bearded eastern potentate. 

 And both representations would doubtless have filled the 

 Macedonian himself with a curious astonishment. 



