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were fastened together and communi-
cation secured etwee them through a
hole containing a fuse.
Arabic writer's Of the following cen
turtles record higher. or at least wide
developments of this art of warning
with fire. one such who is worth re-
ferring TO here. because ne was a Moor
OF spain. was Add Allah Ibn Albaythar
t-Sln of the Horse DOctorD, a native
OF Malaga. A sort OF ph~armacopoeia
complied ny Add Allah shows consid-
erable knowledge OF properties OF salt
peter other han healing. The Arabic
work which most elucidates the MS
tory Of Greek fire is a manuscript in
the national library Of Paris which Rel
maud and Fave used to uppor their
theory of the origin Of modern explo-
sives. This is "On the Art OF Warning
for the Cause Of God, by Nedim-ed-
Din Hassan Abrammah Alahdab. The
authors sonorous name means The
Glory OF Religion. Hassan The lunch
back Lancet and ne died in 1925.
Hassan's book shows even more clear
IL than that Of Marcus Graecus that It's
author understood. in practice at least.
the dynamic value OF rapid ombustton.
The names he gives his warlike hre-
works are quantity significant. one form
Of rocket he calls a hurricane flyer.
another is the egg hat moves itself
and burns. Ills translator notices the
technical o%bscurity OF some Of mis- terms
and accounts for IL by supposing that
Hassan was writing bV authority OF the
caliph q handbook Tor The initiated and
not a work for the enlightenment of the
public. He uses. for example. the word
FOR rose where something in the nature
OF a time fuse is meant. n some OF
his words appear TO have been alto
gether beyond the limits OF NJ. Rel
naud's vocabulary. lie is always the
pious Glory Of Religion" as where. in
giving directions for making and using
what ne calls a "borthab." he end with
Thou shalt burn him. II IL please God
His pot of Irak." named in honor OF a
district OF Arabia famed in his time for
skillful artiicers. seems to have been a
fairly s~erviceable bomb or grenade. and
he gives full directions for hurting II
at the nemies OF Islam. Among mis-
recipes is one which may have been the
germ OF ADMIRAL Camara's own chem
lists idea; Il is what HaSan calls $50
porihc smoke" and the ingredients ars
saltpeter. sulphur. arsenic and opium
enough to send the most indefatizahl
ships crew TO sleep. IL they could onls
be induced To inhale 1t in suficien'
quantities. Lastly. Hsssan's COMPOUND
for nre that makes the faces OF the enc
my look as II they were bleeding and
that which makes them look black ~
mind one Of the Importance attached Z
what may be called imaginative opera
tions in medieval, as in modern Chi
nese warfare.
In these days. when anybody wh<
knows anything keeps II 10 himself. sn(
, every mans ideas serve as hints 10 hun
. dreds q other men. II is difficult 10 rset
= ize that the Book Of Fire for Burnt
Enemies" had been In existence moU
! than 200 years before the siege OF NJ
; blan In Spain. where. in 1855. the Spon-
e tsh chronicler SAYS. The besieged No11>
n produced discharges Of thunder WI
a fire. sultan Of Morocco used canoe-
q at SidJlmera In 1873 The Siege Of Az
= ciras. where the Meors again used 60
n non. only antedsted Crecy by four yes<+
a after which latter event the use o. ~
y tiliery soon ceased 20 be a sfrsne< H.
D awful mystery 20 the Christian neu'.
m of western Europe. But the b~ne
le Greek fire as a mysterious som<t~
81 far beyond mere naphtha or P<uH.
Fl or rockets. or even cannon-s r"nS
er buried s-ecret-Seefns 20 maiHts
er hold upon many imaginausn, -
20 this day.-NeW York Sun.