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tiger other relics came to light, household 

 utensils, such as ancient flour-mills ; carved tiles 

 which once adorned wealthy houses ; bricks 

 from demolished walls, and lastly, weapons of 

 iron, spear-heads and swords, rusty and brittle, 

 and some poor relics of the slain. 



And when the work was completed and pure 

 water once again flowed into the well from 

 subterranean stores, the natives, perhaps 

 descendants of the conquerors or of the van- 

 quished, refused to drink lest they should be 

 defiled by the deeds of their predecessors. 



