sweet-smelling herbs, no more shall thy
sons and daughters rejoice in thee and worship thee! Thy grass shall be
withered and thy fig trees shall cast their figs, and thy gold and
silver, and thy diamonds, and rubies, and sapphires, and turquoise, and
emeralds, and opals, and pearls, and topaz, shall lie scattered and in
heaps for him to take who wisheth them, but none shall desire them.

No more shall thy daughters sit in the shadow of thy vines where nesteth
the dove, and glorify thee in idle jest and laughter and song, and
longingly wait for the coming of the night, for they shall be bereft of
their silks, and their girdles, and anklets, and bracelets of gold and
jewels. Thy songs and paeans of triumph and victory shall cease with the
tainted stream of thy desires, and the walls of thy temples shall
crumble to dust. Thy stars shall pale, and the sun and the moon shall
illumine thee no longer, for the day approacheth when thy blandishments
shall fail to allure.

Babylon, Babylon, thou proud city, thou who sitteth upon many waters,
thou whose sway encompasseth the earth, how hast thou fallen!

XL

On the afternoon of the fifth day they drew rein on a high, shelving,
terracelike stretch of ground overlooking a broad valley, and almost
opposite the chief Tewana village which nestled at the foot of the
Sahuaripa range, running north and south until lost on the horizon.

Back of the village a cataract flung itself downward over the mountain's
side into the valley, its clouds of spray reflecting innumerable rainbow
tints in the sunshine. Great forests, abounding in wild animal life,
clothed the mountain's slopes.

It was a peaceful, fruitful valley upon which they gazed; the land where
Chiquita formerly dwelt. The grass grew knee-deep in the meadows.
Willows and water-birch and sycamore and alders and poplars,
interspersed with pines and oaks, grew in clusters along the banks of
the broad, rushing stream that ran between them and the distant village
whose low, vine-clad walls glowed golden and rose and purple and gray in
the rays of the afternoon sun. The diminutive city was a mass of trees
and foliage and seemed a part of the landscape; so small were the houses
and so harmonious its setting. Fields of flax and melons, and beans and
squash, and corn and tobacco, and small orchards and vineyards already
harvested, dotted the valley close to the meadows which bordered the
tree-fringed stream. Herds of horses and