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markable phenomenon arrested their attention. 
During the day, a profound silence reigned, and 
nothing appeared but a vast world of wood. But 
when night arrived, the shore blazed with fire, and 
echoed with tumultuous shouts, and with the 
sound of cymbals, trumpets, and musical instru- 
ments of every description. The Carthaginians, 
appalled, passed hastily along these shores, and 
came to another region, which struck them with 
no less surprise. Here the land appeared all on 
a blaze ; torrents of fire rushed into the sea ; and 
if they attempted to land, the soil was too hot for 
the foot to tread upon. One object particularly 
struck them, which, at night, appeared a greater 
fire, mingling with the stars ; but, \ in the day- 
time, proved to be a mountain of prodigious height, 
to which they gave the appellation of the Chariot 
of the Gods. After sailing three days, they lost 
sight of these fiery torrents, and entered another 
bay, containing an island, which presented a new 
phenomenon. The inhabitants were of human 
form, but, shagged and covered with hair, sug- 
gested the idea of those grotesque deities, by which 
superstition supposed the woods to be peopled. 
To these monsters they gave the name of Gorillas. 
The males evaded all pursuit, as they climbed pre- 
cipices, and threw stones on their pursuers j but 
three females were caught, and their skins carried 
to Carthage, Here the narrative stops by saying, 
