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“The most surprizing fact of all is, that in the Chronicles 
of O’Connor,* which is a book almost unknown in Germany, 
are to be found accordances not to be mistaken. For in- 
stance, what the Chronicles call aoi-magh, Sanconiathon calls 
Ma thai. O'Connor says 00)-maz, a flat country, or region 
of plains, and Mathai-Bal is the first king of the Syrian 
Pheenician plains of Sidon, according to Sanconiathon. His 
name, therefore, is nothing more than Magd-ai-Bal—and, as 
in the Chronicles, this ao-mag is the Sidonian Hamath of the 
ancients—the same Mathai-Bal of Sanconiathon, who caused 
to be constructed the fortress of Hamath on the plains, to 
defend himself against the neighbouring mountaineers. 
‘* Maol, in the Chronicles, is the name of one of the kings 
of the Gael. The same name appears on the famous Lybian 
stone of Tucca. Sanconiathon places Bi-maol at the head of 
the kings of Sidon, and his descendants are called O-Christo- 
bi-mal, which is evidently nothing more than ceapt-o- 
be-maol. 
“‘ Between 1020 and 1008, B. C., the Chronicles mention 
Jac-pam, king of Phcenicia, a conqueror, jealous of the dig- 
nity of his empire, to whom all the natives of Spain were 
tributary. At the same period, according to Sanconiathon, 
there reigned a king of Pheenicia of the same name, Joram— 
the Hiram of Solomon—and that Joram was not only master 
of the west, but extended his rule to the Isle of Ceylon. 
‘* The most interesting portion of all Sanconiathon, is 
the Pheenician periplous, in which is set forth an enumera- 
tion of the Phoenician colonies, extending to the Canary 
Islands, with their sea and land forces, made by order of 
Joram.” 
* The Chronicles mentioned by Baron de Donop are the Chronicles by 
Mr. Roger O’Connor, which are nothing more than a paraphrastic version of the 
Milesian story. 
