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152 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

against it and slew it. And we found in that<br />

jungle multitudes of hyaenas, and by reason of<br />

the great numbers of wild beasts which came out'<br />

against us I commanded them to set fire to that<br />

jungle also.<br />

And we departed from that place and marched<br />

until ^ we came to a certain region^ where the<br />

people thereof threw stones at us and they slew<br />

two of our number. And I, by myself, rose up<br />

against them, and I slew [some of] them with my<br />

own hand* by the command of God the most<br />

High, and a large number of them were slain,<br />

and a large number of them' were wounded, and<br />

The cave- those who Were left behind went and hid them-<br />

selves in caves which no man was able to reach,<br />

but those which stood up [to fight] we slew. Now<br />

they belonged to divers species of animals: some<br />

of them had feet like camel's feet,^ and some of<br />

them had hands like the hands of women.<br />

People with And again we departed from that place and<br />

lions' faces.<br />

1 1 -i • 1 1<br />

marched until we came to a regfion where the<br />

heads of the people were like unto those of lions,<br />

and their ears were large like caverns; and they<br />

neither made war nor came out aofainst us.<br />

^ Read a)6K. ' Read h9"0f : (Dn^^/lh) : htlh<br />

3 In the Syriac (p. 99), the land of the people with<br />

twisted feet.<br />

"* Read tth^O*'? s In the Syriac (p. 99), <strong>Alexander</strong> slays<br />

their chief<br />

5 In the Syriac (p. 99), "asses' feet".<br />

* In the Syriac (p. 178), "scaly tails" ri'A\ai\ .Jajo.-i.

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