Last eventide
Brian an augury hath tried....
The Taghairm called; by which afar
Our sires foresaw the events of war.
Duncraggan's milk-white bull they slew....
[[258]] 1 Samuel, xxiii, 9-11.
[[259]] 1 Kings, xix, 19 and 2 Kings, ii, 13-15.
[[260]] The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, John Garstang, pp. 28, 29 (London, 1907).
[[261]] Herod., book i, 198.
[[262]] Records of the Past (old series), xi, pp. 109 et seq., and (new series), vol. i, pp. 149 et seq.
[[263]] L.W. King's The Seven Tablets of Creation.
Chapter X. Buildings and Laws and Customs of Babylon
Abstract
Decline and Fall of Sumerian Kingdoms--Elamites and Semites strive for Supremacy--Babylon's Walls, Gates, Streets, and Canals--The Hanging Gardens--Merodach's Great Temple--The Legal Code of Hammurabi--The Marriage Market--Position of Women--Marriage brought Freedom--Vestal Virgins--Breach of Promise and Divorce--Rights of Children--Female Publicans--The Land Laws--Doctors legislated out of Existence--Folk Cures--Spirits of Disease expelled by Magical Charms--The Legend of the Worm--"Touch Iron"--Curative Water--Magical Origin of Poetry and Music.