He kept on in the darkness cautiously for a short distance.
Then he saw a ray of light ahead.
Also from the distance there came the murmur of many voices.
Barney kept on with increased caution now.
Very soon he saw that the passage would bring him into a mighty illumined chamber under the temple.
Oil lamps of various grotesque shapes furnished the means of light, and a dense throng of the most curious looking people he had ever seen were present.
Barney gazed upon the scene with great interest.
“Be me sowl, but ain’t they bits av men,” he muttered. “No wan av thim is bigger nor a good sized Irish lad.”
The pigmy women dressed much the same as the men, and seemed to busy themselves in various quarters at the culinary art.
Some time Barney spent in watching the curious people.