It came from the disk of the sun, which was partly visible over the icy crest of the distant mountains.

Far away the sea was visible, rising high over the tops of the trees, while overhead the brighter stars were plainly discernible.
The Kohen ascended the pyramid, and others followed.

At the base there was a crowd of men, with emaciated forms and faces, and coarse, squalid attire, who looked like the most abject paupers, and seemed the lowest in the land.

As the Kohen reached the summit there arose a strange sound--a mournful, plaintive chant, which seemed to be sung chiefly by the paupers at the base of the pyramid.

The words of this chant I could not make out, but the melancholy strain affected me in spite of myself.