Such as "FOR SALE CHEAP"; "BILLIARDS"; "S.

T .-- 1860--X"; "KENO"; "ALE ON DRAUGHT." Naturally, then, these must be religious maxims.

But this idea was cast aside by and by, as the mystery of the strange alphabet began to clear itself.

In time, the professor was enabled to translate several of the inscriptions with considerable plausibility, though not to the perfect satisfaction of all the scholars.
Still, he made constant and encouraging progress.
Finally a cavern was discovered with these inscriptions upon it: WATERSIDE MUSEUM.
Open at All Hours.
Admission 50 cents.
WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF WAX-WORKS, ANCIENT FOSSILS, ETC.
Professor Woodlouse affirmed that the word "Museum" was equivalent to the phrase "lumgath molo," or "Burial Place." Upon entering, the scientists were well astonished.

But what they saw may be best conveyed in the language of their own official report: "Erect, in a row, were a sort of rigid great figures which struck us instantly as belonging to the long extinct species of reptile called MAN, described in our ancient records.