If the story of the Pilots and Mariners _had not_ been given to their countrymen upon their return, it would at this day be a strong presumptive proof that the Expedition was _not_ accomplished; but having rendered the "incident" of Nature upon their arrival, it is a conclusive and undeniable proof that the Voyage was successfully completed, and during the time mentioned by Herodotus. Having sailed from the Red Sea, _and crossed the line of the Equator_, and looking East, their Shadows must have changed from left to right, and be perceptible at, or near, Melinda; and having doubled the Cape of Good Hope, and passed the Equator of the Atlantic, their Shadows would again change from right to left, near the Gulf of Guinea, and appear the same as when sailing upon the Mediterranean. The statements of Herodotus concerning the "shifting of the shadows," and the manner of "extracting the brain" previous to Embalming; and with the foregone proofs of their accuracy both from science and ocular demonstration, are without their parallels for supporting the authenticity of an Ancient Historian--and truly may he be called the _Father_ of History--for Nations were his children, and justly he wrote of them. Time has become his executor, and renders him ample justice in return for his valuable legacy to posterity! We have been anxious to establish the accomplishment of this celebrated Voyage, the first mentioned having reference to the circumnavigation of a Continent;--but, more especially have we been solicitous to prove that _the Fortunate Isles were known to the Tyrians during this Expedition_;--for those Islands form an important feature in the great event to follow. In the endeavour to confirm these propositions, we have pursued a path of research and reasoning, we believe, untrodden, or attempted by any writer upon the subject. The Greek Historian is supported by his own accuracy of character and delineation,--and he is directly confirmed by Holy-Writ. JEREMIAH wrote of it only a few months after the Expedition. EZEKIEL 18 years subsequently, and Herodotus 122 years after the enterprise. The later (and jealous) Romans only are silent:--_they do not deny it_,--which they would naturally have done, if they would not also have been liable to have been contradicted. We now submit the subject to the reader's opinion, upon a review of the evidence, facts, and reasoning upon the entire proposition; and shall proceed with the History of Tyrus and the Migration, in the belief that the decision is in the affirmative;--and that consequently _the Fortunate Isles_ (_i. e._ the Canaries) are admitted to have been discovered, and claimed, by the Tyrians during this first great Voyage around the Continent of Africa, and between the years 609-606 before the Christian Æra; and that from the _natural_ reason stated,--viz., the absence of Woman--the Founding of Ancient America could not have taken place at that time. CHAPTER VII. (585--515 B. C.)