The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-25
NlMRop NOT a MYTH.
Prot sayss Fina. Prosf Of sss EElss
ssss % the Mighty usnssr.

ssss % tho Mighty Hantsr
Everything Gomez TO him who waits
and II Prof sayce be well JUSTIFIED In
what he has written from Assouan. IN
Egypt. historical justice is about TO Be
done 10 eyerybody's old friend. Nimrod.
says the London Telegraph. Hitherto
Il has always been doubtful whether
this ancient sportsman was or was not
a veritable parsonage. but the learned
professor IA now Of opinion that he
has found the name Of the Mighty Hun
ter surely and safely registered IN the
euneliorm inscriptions n Il be az stat
ed the full name ~ NimrOd was Nazi
Muruda the Kassu and he lived a. Bah
zion about atty years before the date
% the Exodus. a contemporary Of the
father Of that Assyrian king who re-
stored Nineyah and founded Calah.
Aazl Muruda Il near enough 10 MIN
rod" 10 have been quite possibly the
true appellatiOn Of this famous person
when be was. 70 use an American
phrase. "tu hum Arabic scholars
can never have failed TO notice the
similarity between the Mighty Ilunter's
title and the word "Nlmr." which
means a tiger. Any further parsicu-
,Grs from the same eradi'o quarters will
Of course be very welcome 10 Us IN
the west. particularly when a new club
has lately been started In London bear
ng Nlmrod's name. At the sane time
We are bound by faithful scholarship TO
point out that. like many another
sporting man. the intimate character
Of Nimrod may not be able to bear too
fierce a light The particulars which
are given Of him In the koran are OF
a perfectly distressing kind. In chap
ter H.. entitled This Cow" NimrOd h
represented as disputing with Abra-
ham; and TO show himself equal 10 the
Almighty In power as 10 life and
death he has two innocent men brought
before him. one OF whom the hunter
dispatches. while the other he hays
alive, In sura XVI. Of the koran.
entitled The Bee" allusion Is made 10
the tower which Nlmrod built In Ba-
bel aud carried 20 the height OF. 5000
cubiis. intending TO ascend 10 heaven
and wage war with the angels; but
Allah frustrated his attempt. over
throwing the presumptuOus structure
by an earthquake. In Sura XXI. en-
titled The Prophets" another Legend
il told rejecting very badly upon
Nimrod's private life. He Il said 10
have filled a vast space full Of wood
at Cutha and after setting u on Gre
70 have cast Abraham upon II. bound
hand and foot: but the angel Gabriel
came 10 tho assistance OF the Friend
Of God. 90 that nothing about him
vas burned except the cords. II Il
added that the fierce flames beams
an odOriierous air and the burning
faggots a pleasant meadow. though fol
other people Il was 80 hot that 400
unbel.cyeTs were consumed. From
the same source we gather that MIN
rod In his last days was destroyed b.
special messenger from the Al
mighty in the shape Of a gnat. whlcl
penetrated to his brain and caused hi
death with lntolerable pain-"Heav
co." as D'Herbelot remarks. "deslr
Ing to punish by one Of the smallest O
iF creatures the tyrant who had ealle
himself lord Of all" We grove 10 re
call these legendary particulars at
moment when history appears incline
to furnish Us with unexpected reve
lftions as regards this prototype Of IN
sporting world. Most sportsmen ar
sportsmanlike and We must not To-
readily believe. At least until Prof
Sayce has concluded his researches
that the earliest NJ. +. H. In the worl
aud keenest pursuer Of big gam
could lightly do anything derogator
to the conduct Of a true lover Of IN
chase"