Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

ALEXANDER'S ADVENTURES BY SEA. 285
"God are exceedingly wonderful." And again the
angel called to another monster and commanded
him to pass quite close to' the Two-horned;
now he was as black as a cloud, and the Two-
horned did not see his tail [come forth from
the sea] until two days and two nights were
ended.'' The angel said unto him, "Hast thou ever
"seen a monster like unto this, or any that was
"greater than he.''" And the Two-horned answered,
"Nay, [p. 164] my lord." And the angel said unto
him, "Who hath called thee to [the work] which
"thou hast done? Hath not God Almighty made
"thee to know that His marvellous and wonderful
"things are exceedingly great.'' Or dost thou, Alexanders
"perhaps, desire to know His mysteries?" And thT" ar^'ei.
the Two -horned said unto the angel, "O my
"lord, inasmuch as my God hath given unto me
"whatsoever is in the dry land, and in the sea,
"and in the mountains, and in the darkness, I
"desire to know what are His works in the sea."
And the angel said unto him, "That which is in
"the sea was not given unto thee." And it came
to pass on the third day that the angel called
another monster [from the sea], and he said unto
him, "Pass thou by the Two-horned quickly, like a mighty
"a flash of lightning"; and the monster rushed the deep,
forward and passed him with swiftest speed, but the
^ Literally, "between his hands"-
^ For the ocean monster which lived five hundred years,
see Mas'udi, torn. i. p. 268.