As he resumed his walk, he wondered whose altars would be enriched by the offerings.

A horse went by with clipped mane, after the fashion of the time, his rider superbly dressed.

He smiled to observe the harmony of pride between the man and the brute.

Often after that he turned his head at hearing the rumble of wheels and the dull thud of hoofs; unconsciously he was becoming interested in the styles of chariots and charioteers, as they rustled past him going and coming.

Nor was it long until he began to make notes of the people around him.