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of stamped and dried earth, and under that floor the skeletons 

 were found placed in a deliberate line on the base of these stones, 

 so that I think there can be no doubt that there was some ritual 

 connected with it. I do not think there was any sign of burning, 

 but the argument that there was no injury found would be no 

 argument. We have many indications that it was connected with 

 the kilHng of the first-born. It is certain that they were new-born 

 babes. The bones were undoubtedly those of new-born babes. 

 They used to get rid of their old relatives in the same way, and so 

 combined sacrifice and economy. 



Dr. ScHOFiELD : May I ask one question ? In the Cathedral of 

 Prague there was shown me a chest containing the bones of 

 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Knowing that Mahommedans guarded 

 the Tomb of Machpelah, how could Charles IV have got hold of 

 the bones of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ? Then one of the pictures 

 had great interest for me : the picture of the wall which had tumbled 

 down. We have recovered the site of Jericho, and we have a very 

 tolerable idea of what they would be like. 



Dr. Masterman : The remains of Jericho have been examined 

 and the walls were all mud and they stood quite apart from one 

 another. 



Dr. ScHOFiELD : Although the meeting is closed I may say that 

 I happened to be at Jericho when the walls were uncovered by 

 Dr. Sellin, and when I dined with him I asked him about the walls 

 of Jericho, and he said they had found the top of the wall of Jericho 

 in the bottom of the ditch outside, so that the walls fell into the 

 ditch. They are of dried mud. I found the * house on the wall,' 

 for there is only one, and I sat on the lintel of the window where 

 probably ' the scarlet line ' was attached by which the two spies 

 descended into the deep ditch outside. With regard to the sudden 

 fall of the wall, it seems to me that in His miraculous interposition God 

 does not use supernatural means when natural means are sufiicient 

 to accomplish His purpose. When Joshua marched round Jericho 

 seven times there can be no doubt that the walls were crowded 

 with the inhabitants of Jericho watching the spectacle with intense 

 interest, for they had learnt that Joshua was not marching for a 

 hostile purpose. All was done in silence until there was the 



