Between the rows of these equal discs, holes, like those for the urns in columbaria, were hollowed out.

Each of them contained a round dark stone, which appeared to be very heavy.
Only people of superior understanding honoured these abaddirs, which had fallen from the moon.

By their fall they denoted the stars, the sky, and fire; by their colour dark night, and by their density the cohesion of terrestrial things.

A stifling atmosphere filled this mystic place.

The round stones lying in the niches were whitened somewhat with sea-sand which the wind had no doubt driven through the door.