palace of Cadmus was not yet erected, because
I hey had left it till the last, meaning to introduce
all the new improvements of architecture, and
make it very commodious, as well as stately and
beautiful. After finishing the rest of their labors,
they all went to bed betimes, in order to rise in
the gray of the morning, and get at least the
foundation of the edifice laid before nightfall.
But, when Cadmus arose, and took his way to-
wards the site where the palace was to be built,
followed by his five sturdy workmen marching
all in a row, what do you think he saw?

What should it be but the most magnificent
palace that had ever been seen in the world. It
was built of marble and other beautiful kinds of
stone, and rose high into the air, with a splendid
dome and a portico along the front, and carved
pillars, and every thing else that befitted the
habitation of a mighty king. It had grown up
out of the earth in almost as short a time as it
had taken the armed host to spring from the
dragon's teeth; and what made the matter more
strange, no seed of this stately edifice had ever
been planted.

When the five workmen beheld the dome, vnth

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