ABSTRACT
Fol. 2496. which is called the "river ....... " there is nothing at all I except the Ocean, that terrible sea which surroundeth the whole earth. And as for this great sea, there is no creature whatsoever that moveth in it, and no bird is able to fly over it. And like the wall that surroundeth a city, even so doth this sea surround the whole earth. For what reason are the store-houses of the wind opened? There is a terrible sea beyond the region inhabited by men, and herein are produced serpents and mighty dragons. And when one of these becometh strong, he goeth up and cometh to the great intermediate sea, so that through the children of men the treasure house of the wind may be opened upon him. And the clouds assume form, and pile themselves up upon each other, and they carry him
Page 530 along with thunders and lightnings, I and hurl him on one of the northern mountains beyond the region of human habitation. And there stones of crystal, that is to say ice, descend upon him, and kill him.
