[120] Herodotus, i. 200. A similar article of food is in extensive use at the present day in the western islands of Scotland, and upon other distant coasts where the soil is poor.—Ed.
[121] Upon the subject of this cylinder, in which George Smith wished to recognize a representation of Adam and Eve tempted by the serpent, see M. Joachim Ménant's paper entitled, La Bible et les Cylindres Chaldéens (Paris, 1880, Maisonneuve, 8vo). M. Ménant makes short work of this forced interpretation and of several similar delusions which were beginning to win some acceptance.
[122] Upon the sacred functions of the king, see Layard, Nineveh, vol. ii. p. 474.
[123] 2 Kings xix. 37.
[124] Layard, The Monuments of Nineveh (folio, 1849), plates 43-50.
[125] Layard, A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh (folio, 1853), plates 26 and 27. The scribes in question seem to be writing upon rolls of leather.
[126] Throughout this work the words "right" and "left" refer to the right and left of the cuts, not of the reader. By this system alone can confusion be avoided in describing statues and compositions with figures.—Ed.
