The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-18
Another hnccu, account Of thc Dclugr

Our readers who have peruscd, " i'll
deep interest, tho account Of th
Dciugo dccipbercd from tablets fount
in Nineveh, Published in the Obscrv
CT, will be glad 20 have before tEcn
tho account Of the same event, n
| given by Borosns, u priest Of Babylon
who lived aud wrote nearly three
centuries before the ChriStiln era.
ii ; was tho author Of several books
Babylonian Chaldean history ,-wlicl
have all perished, with tho exception
Of some fragments preserved in the
WI fittings of Joscphus, Eusebius, and
others. We copy from tho paper of
George Smith, iu tho N;ncyoh tablets
Mr.. Smith says:
The Chaldean account of the food
rs given by Berosus, have taken
from Cory's Ancient Fragments, page
26 to 80, as follows:
After the death of Arlates, his
son NiSuthrus roigned eighteen sari.
In his time happened n great
dcluge, tho history of which. I, thus
described The Deity, Cronos, ap-
pearcd to him in vision, and warned
him that upon tho fifteenth day Of
the month, Dmsius, there would Lc
Ii flood, by which mankind would be
destroyed. He, therefore, cnjoined
him to write history of tho begin
ming, procedure, and conclusion of all
things and to bury it in the city Of
tho sun at Sippara and to build a
vessel, and take with him into it his
friends and relations and to convey
on board everything necessary to sus.
tain life, together with all tho differ
cnt animals, both birds and quadru.
pcds, and trust himself fearlcSAly ta
tho deep. Having asked tho Deity
whittier he was to sail he was an
swercd, To the Gods : upon which
he offered up prayer for the good
of mankiud. lie then ohcycd the
Divine admonition, and built vessel
five stadia in length, ard two in
breadth. Into this ho put everything
which he had prepared; and last Of
all conveyed into it his wife, his chill
drcn, and his friends.
"-After tho food had been upon the
earth, and was in time abatod, Xiau-
thrus sont out birds from tn 10 vessel,
which not finding any food, nor any
place whoroupoh thcy might rest thcir
foet, rnturncd to him aga:;. After
an interval of some days he son5 Them
forth second time, and they now
returned with their feet tingcd with
mud. Hc made y trial !hiru time
with these birds, but they returned
no more from whence he judged that
the surface Of the earth had appeared
above the waters. 10, therefore,
made all opening in tic vessel, aud
upon looking cut found that it wps
stranded upon tho side of some noun
tain, upon which he Immediately
quilted it with his wife, his daughter,
and the pilot. Xisuthrus then paid
his alteration to tho earth, and having
constructed al Sltar, offered sacrifice.
to tho Gods, and, with those who had
oomc out Of tho vessel with him, dis.
appeared.
"They, who remained within, ind.
ing that their companions did not re-
turn, quilted tho vessel with many
lamentations, and called continually
on the name of Xisuthrus. Him they
saw no more but they could distin.
guish his voice in tho air, and could
hear him admonish them to pay due
regard to religion and likewise in
formed them that it was Oh account
of his picty that he was translated
to live with tho Gods, that his wife,
and daughtor, and pilot, had obtained
the same honor. 10 this ho added,
that they should return to Babylonia,
and az it was ordaihcd3 search fer
these writings ct Sippara, which they
were to make known to all mankind :;
moreover, that the place wherein they
then we're, was the land Of Armenia.
"The rest having heard these words,
offered sacrifices to the gods, and
taking circuit, journcycd towards
BAbylonia.
"Thc vessel being thus stranded in
Armenia, some part CT yet re:!ains
in tho Corcyraean mountains"
In pages 33 and 81 of Cory's Frag-
ments thoro is fecond version as fol.
lows
"And then Sioithrus. r. Lin the
doity Cronos forctold thai on the fif-
tcenth day Of the month Dn,ius there
would DO a Delugo Of rain ; and he
commanded him to deposit all the
writings whateyer, wh:ct weTo,ir IFS
possession, In ito city Of the Sun, at
Sippara. Sisithrus when lie lad com.
piled with these commands, gailed
Immediately to Armcpia, and was
presently inspired bJ God.. Upon
the third day after tho cessation Of
tho rain. Sisithrus sont out birds, by
way experiment, Chat he. might judge
whether tho flood had subsidized. But
the birds, passing over an uubouudcd
sea, without finding any place of rest,
returned again TO .Sisithrua. This
hc repeated with other birds. And
when upon tho third trial no succeed.