Be firm, Atam-or!" "I must go," said I, and I tried to rise.
"Don't move," she said, "for your life! We are lost if you move.

Keep still--restrain yourself--shut your eyes." I tried to do so, but could not.

There was a horrible fascination about the scene which forced me to look and see all.

The Kohen took the victim, and drawing it from the altar, threw it over the precipice to the ground beneath.

Then a loud shout burst forth from the great crowd.