marble, on the balcony of which, every noontide,
appeared Cilix, in a long purple robe, and with
a jewelled crown upon his head; for the inhabit
ants, when they found out that he was a king's
son, had considered him the fittest of all men to
be a king himself.

One of the first acts of King Cilix's govern-
ment was to send out an expedition, consisting
of a grave ambassador and an escort of bold and
hardy young men, with orders to visit the prin-
cipal kingdoms of the earth, and inquire whether
a young maiden had passed through those re-
gions, galloping swiftly on a white bull. It is,
therefore, plain to my rnind, that Cilix secretly
blamed himself for giving up the search for Eu-
ropa, as long as he was able to put one foot
before the other.

As for Telephassa, and Cadmus, and the good
Thasus, it grieves me to think of them, still keep-
ing up that weary pilgrimage. The two young
men did their best for the poor queen, helping
her over the rough places, often carrying her
across rivulets in their faithful arms, and seeking
to shelter her at nightfall, even when they them-
selves lay on the ground. Sad, sad it was to

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