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horses, lionSj serpents, whatever lived upon the face of the earth, 

 followed him by pairs ; all which he received into the ark and 

 experienced no evil from them." It was further said that he 

 " sent out a dove from the ark, whose return indicated a con- 

 tinuance of the deluge ; but its neglect to return, when sent out 

 the second time, or, as some say, its return with muddy feet, 

 showed that the waters had disappeared." Professor Hitchcock 

 however remarks on this that Lucian " was a native of Samosata, 

 on the banks of the Euphrates ; and although he professes to 

 give the Grecian account, it would be strange if he had not added 

 some circumstances, which he doubtless learnt in early life in his 

 native place," where tradition of a great deluge existed. 1 



Again he tells us that " The tradition of the Assyrians on 

 this subject appears from a passage quoted by Eusebius from 

 Abydenus. * After whom others reigned, and then Sisithrus ; to 

 whom Saturn foretold that there should be a great flood of waters, 

 (or many showers), upon the fifteenth day of the month Desius ; 

 and ordered him to hide whatever writings he could find, in 

 Heliopolis, a city of the Sippari. Sisithrus, having performed 

 this, immediately sailed towards Armenia ; and instantly after, 

 those things which God had foretold came to pass. And on the 

 third day, when the tempest was ceased, he made a trial by 

 sending out birds, to see if they could espy any land uncovered 

 of water. But they finding nothing but the immense ocean, and 

 not knowing which way to direct themselves, returned to 

 .Sisithrus ; and after these ho sent out others ; that the third time 

 it answered, for the birds returned with their feet all muclded. 

 But as for Sisithrus, the gods took him from among men. And 

 the ship was carried to Armenia.' " ...... 



1 The Historical and Geological Deluge Compared. By Prof. E. Hitchcock, 

 Amherst College, U.S.A. Edinburgh, 1837. 



