Herodotus states that the Voyage did take place,--that the Phœnicians (_i. e._ Tyrians) were the mariners, and of course the Pilots,--that they were three years [609 to 606 B. C.] in accomplishing this then extraordinary expedition. The glory of this victory over the elements was claimed (and justly) by the Tyrians,--for without them it could not have been even attempted: and upon this occasion it was natural that both the King of Tyrus and his subjects, would hail the opportunity for such an expedition with every feeling of national enthusiasm,--and to that may be attributed its consequent success. The proofs of the successful termination of the Voyage will now be established. The negatives will be first reviewed. These rest entirely upon the _silence_ of several authors upon the subject during the time of the early Cæsars: and because they were silent, subsequent writers have taken upon themselves the responsibility of contradicting it entirely: but that very silence of the Roman writers (who desired only to advance themselves) should be received as a direct acquiescence, since they did not _contradict_ it,--and they would have done so if the negative truth had been on their side,--for they must have read, or heard, the original statement of the occurrence as made by the Greek Historian, written in his description of his visit to Egypt nearly five centuries before:--by being the first Historian of the Egyptian Nation, Herodotus, or his work, could not have been unknown to the Romans. Upon the absolute refutation of a negative, and proving the reverse, an affirmative, as a necessity, is directly established. Here, then, follows one upon that ground of reasoning: viz.-- Some writers have affirmed that the Fleet could not have been built and manned by the Naval Architects and Pilots of Tyrus, _because_ their city was on the coast of the Mediterranean, and consequently could not reach the Red Sea, except all the Galleys were transported _over land_,--_i. e._ across the Isthmus of Suez to the place of departure, and this, say they, would be impossible. Such annotations upon the solemnity of History, only shew those authors' ignorance of the First Book of record and Religion,--for in the Bible it is distinctly written, both in the first Book of Kings (ix. 26, 27), and 2 Chronicles xiii. 17, 18, that Hiram the Great built a Navy for the King of Israel, _at Ezion-Geber_, near Eloth, in Edom, "_on the shore of the Red Sea_."