. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. he mouth of a subterraneous cavern, from which arose a caliginous noxiousvapour, most destructive to life. About half an acre of ground around the orifice wasfenced in, and any animal that was driven within the paling immediately expired,while the priests of Pluto could venture in with impunity.^- The solution of the Strabo, xiii. 4 (p. 157, Tauchuitz). Chap. XIII.] ACCOUNT OF LAODICEA. [ .55] mystery was, that the exhalation from the cavern being carbonic acid gas, was heavierthan the external air, and being confined within the fence settled upon the g
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. he mouth of a subterraneous cavern, from which arose a caliginous noxiousvapour, most destructive to life. About half an acre of ground around the orifice wasfenced in, and any animal that was driven within the paling immediately expired,while the priests of Pluto could venture in with impunity.^- The solution of the Strabo, xiii. 4 (p. 157, Tauchuitz). Chap. XIII.] ACCOUNT OF LAODICEA. [ .55] mystery was, that the exhalation from the cavern being carbonic acid gas, was heavierthan the external air, and being confined within the fence settled upon the ground, sothat cattle carrying their heads low, and inhaling the poison, died from the efifects ;but the priests, who stood erect, and breathed above the height of the enclosure, wereout of reach of the danger. This was foisted upon the vulgar as a miracle. The city atthat day was a flourishing one, with an amphitheatre and a stadium, and a multitudeof gorgeous buildings, but is now a ruin. It was called Hierupolis, or the Holy City,. Fig. 1C9.—! nf llir Pliilonium al nif-rapiilis. From a photograph b;i S^oljoda. from the extraordinary nature of the waters, and the wonder of the Plutonium. Thename at the present day amongst the Turks is Tanibouk,-- or Cotton, from the fleecyappearance of the cliff on which it stands. The town on the travellers right, as he passed up the Lycus, and situate about halfa mile from the river, was Laodicea. It was built upon three or four sand hills at thefoot of Mount Cadmus, and two small streams, the Asopus on the west, and the Cadmuson the east, ran on either side of the city into the Lycus. The ruins at the presentday are of vast extent, and indicate the ancient importance of Laodicea. Amongstthe most curious of these remains are stone pipes, for conveying water from a neigh- ^ The commonly received name of Pamboukor Pambook is .said by Eenan to l>e a mistake for Tambouk. St. Paul, p. 357, note. ?- Stralx), xii. i (p. 75, Tauchnitz)
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