They soon got beyond the snow, and out of their sufferings; for the glacial region did not extend far south of Cocoanut Hill. They accordingly had abundant fruits and mild climate for their journey, and they proceeded with merriment, as well as regret, stopping often and delaying long where the country through which they passed pleased them. They were soon beyond the Alps, which they did not, like Napoleon and Hannibal, have to scale; but many of the present peaks and ridges were not yet thrown up in the air, so that they easily passed through the defiles on level ground. Nor were they stopped by the Mediterranean; for that sea did not then exist in its present extent. The whole surface of Europe, indeed, differed from its present contour. Spain was still connected with Africa at Gibraltar, and Italy at Sicily; while the British Isles were still joined to the continent. It was subsequent convulsions that first tore the continents apart, and sent deluges over Europe. For the upheaval of the Alps, already mentioned, was to be followed by others still greater, which would upset the basins of the old world, and spill their contents over nearly all Europe, destroying its life. It was not difficult, therefore, for these primitive pilgrims to make their way to the tropics; and, like the Phocaeans, they went resolved never to return; and not for many centuries was Man again seen in Europe or the North. The region that was covered with snow remained a waste for ages; and it was, according to a prophecy of the Ammi, to continue unpeopled, until one of the descendents of Koree and Sosee should return, and, under the name of Adam, (Ammi or Man) recapture Cocoanut Hill, and enter again the North as a Paradise Regained. But some said that the man who should thus re-people the North would be the lost one mentioned in the preceding chapter, who would wander till the appointed time in Alligator Swamp; and they maintained also that he would then be found to be no other than the faithful Aloo, who had fallen back with Osa to die; that on account of their faithfulness these two lovers would not be destroyed by cold, or hunger, or fatigue, or time; but that, overcoming all hardships, they would wander on until the Sun should come again; when they would find rest at last amid the retreating snows, and there start a new race, after all others had passed out of history. INGERSOLL BEACON A spicy little monthly at 50 cents a year. Edited by—WM. H. MAPLE Devoted to Science, Free Thought and the Gospel of Reason and Good Cheer, in contrast with the “foolish forms and cringing faiths” of theology. It comes to hail the morning Of re-enfranchised man, To sound aloud the warning Of priest-craft’s dangerous plan. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Every Number is Worth the Price for a Year INGERSOLL BEACON CO. CHICAGO ONE OF THE STRONG BOOKS OF THE AGE. NO “BEGINNING” OR THE FUNDAMENTAL FALLACY. BY WILLIAM H. MAPLE.