, 1875-03-23
0E'GtN Of THE WORLD.
Tho Clinltlcnn Account Of tho
Creation and Fall.
A History Much Longer and Fuller
than That III Genesis.
Important Discoveries Dy Mr.. George
Smith, tho Engllsl, Explorer, IN
Assyrln.

To the Lit!orcf tie london DaRy Telegraph:
LoSDoH, iiasch .. ts75-lIaging recon.lj
made Berlos OF important dlscoverica relating
to lilo Book OF Genesis. among some remarkable
tnxta which form part Of tic collection present.
Cd TO tho British Mnson.n by tho pfopriesoss o.
tho Daily Telegraph, venture onco moro te
bring Asssriar subjects before yoir rca7ets.
lii my lecture Oh tho CLaldoan Account oI
tile DclnGo," which delivered on Dec. >, 1872
Btated my conviction that NIL tic car,or nasra
t'ses Of Genesis would rccciyo new light from
tho inscriptions 10 long buried In tho Cbaltlcar
ard AHFyrian mounds but littIo thought al
TINT tltlo that wag 40 near to finding most o!
tloln.
My lecture, rs your readers lltov. Was soou
followed by tho proposal of your proprlesora
and tho organizing Of tho Daily Telegraph OK.
petition to Ansyrla. When cxcnvatinx q!
konynnjik during That expedition, / discovered
tho tnissiug portion Of tho firet col,lnn Of tie
DeluGo tablet, nj necount Of Which sont homo !;
and Ia tho sumo TRENCH I subsequently fouJ
the fragment which I nftorwaris recognized aA
part Of tho Cbaldean story OF tho Creation,
Which roltc hare noticed already in your
columns. cxcayatcsl later On. wlflo ettl work
Ing ,isldcr your AUSPICES, another portion bo.
lougng to this story, fur moro precipus,-in fact,
think to tho general public, tho most interest
ing nnd remarkable CuMeiforn, tablet yet dis
covered. This turns out to contain tho story of
lnana original innouence of tho temptation, md
OF tho fall was, when fouui 1t, on tho oyo
OF departing and had not time 10 properly OK
amino my f.roat prize. only copied tho two or
thrco flrEt linos Which (ns had then no idea OF
tho general subject OF tho tablcL) did uot appear
very va1unblo, nnd forthwith packed it ii, tin
box for transport to England, whore 1t arrived
Aafely, and mas presented by tho propsietors Of
tho Daily Telegraph, With tho rort Of t1in!r coec-
ton, TO sle british SsuHou1n. On my rcturl to
England n,nda Homo other t1iecoveriea among
my Atorc ah In tho nlrauit Of theso this fra;;-
nlent vas overlooked. l subsequently want q
second t.no to Assyria, aut returned to England
IN Juno, 1874 but ,Ad no leisure to look again
ut those particular legends until tho ontl Of JIM
,lary in this Ycar. Tnun. starting with the fras-
mont of the Creation III the Daily Te}cgrdih col
lection. which had t]rnt noticed. begnsl to col
lect other portions Of the serea. aii1 Among
which I lind excavated at KouYnnjik, tho h.st
lines of whlcl, took down in tic notebook Of
my first expedition. I subsequently found scy-
eral pieces III the old afuseum collection aui all
gends. giving tho history Of tho world from tho
Creation down 70 sonlo poriod after tho fal! OF
man. Linked with this. i found also other 6erics
u losoi'tls on primitive history, snclut1my the
stutt VI tAo pHl'uns or tno lower OF Babel nul
Of tho Confusion Ut Tongues.
The first hoEies, which may call ''Tho Story
o. Inc CFcai,on anu rail- Wien complete must
l1nyo consisted Of nilo or ten taLiotu at least,
aIni a tne nlstoiy upon It IT, mucl longer G.,d
,t1 ,uGr t1m sao coMriiGspondlnG recount III tho
narratives furious htrifu Las existed for tlauy
Senfs; osoFS word llaa becn Scanned by eager
seltolnrs, aud every posMble 1ncauin. which
.sn satlous i rasAagea could bear Inns been su6-
"s avo to a1 ao a aatontiety w OF te
na1faufes t'aYo oeen ulscHssed OF oil sldes. In
Had'!en'as: a t may Ra saia TINT tho account Of
tae iali o. mah tno not!ta"o OF all Christinn
countries, nna neeii tse cohtEe of this con-
ttoserSY' ior IL ID ono or tEo pivota OH which
the Christian religion turna. Tho world
wl!lo importance OF thcso subjects will there
!o!o 5lse ne ho",y-liscovelod INSCRIPTIONS, and
esFomn!h.y the one felnttl1 TO tAo tnil an ll1l-
nalae!ea d',. vnaue, IA, aaa an elau. indood' THAT
exnejitIon. , ''o 'Ao0a na'o seau''ca tFo'n your
NnAtosnf tue rf'n1isiTo account may liavo boon
~ ma'n ~ eates aiI u tlso HOOK OF Cell
snn man eo'Ea " esens tas tl'o orot mar
Iattoo ~ ;o G!so III sno henlateloi omlta nunalo:
to Iae or1slh o. osi tue TAU OF the angels, the
wlcKedncss 81 inc serpeit, etc. tjucl ro!nta rs
tneso a1o acl4oou IN tlo Cuuei:or'n narrative;
Os ul son1ic @ can eay t!o about them uusil
lho narrative On tl,o AHsyrian tnbtets com.
monces T Wlth dcacrlpt,on Of the period botoro
sho world was ereAtea A. when there existed
csaos a Of Of eantust9n. . Tue dosolato and empty
s:asn o. tho universe md the generation Ly
ehaoa 81 ~ monsters efo Sivlu!y given. The chaos
,s lles,M,na a osef py temnio rowor named Iisa-
~ ~ n,.u iialha!' cofrohpoutl!ng to tho Thnatth
~ ,. netoaas hlat as II proceeds tho Assylsau
Ie a,t eSccoa pa'1os ws tho bb'e than with
!sia =, huolt account tsom berosua. We aro told,
q tho Inscriptions, OF tho fall Of tho celestial
nc,at; a G mho appears to correspond to 6atnn In
ns anuaton ne faaaes us hand Against tho
OF sllo esod u heavou. aud tho dcscrp-
.a@ Iaou 81 q Mm Ia really magnificent. lie IL repre-
s0!nee tlalne IN chasiot through celestial
'paeo, sarfoandeu by the storms, with tho light
: 3anS Playing notofe HIN, and welding tAtln-
'e1TGa' T'his aaha,1,aal ~ ,Toapon. H., "
no u: CONQUEST Of tho powc1s Of OWL, Tho gods in
iuo M eoofSo creating tho aniyosse iu stages, AZ In
ma alosalo nar1atIrot Surveying each stop OF tho
Y9tk aaa pronounciug It good. Tho divine work
,a1hlhatea in tl's csoation ot.1nan, who IL made
sptsni afia iroo from eyi! and endowed by tue
'u,.s ~ WIN sae noble faculty OF speech.
3oWly-ctcased being, lnBtructing him ID ali hjs