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W e b s te r B ro n d , sco ut a nd spy
fo r
B ra d d o c k 's a r m y ,
secures
v a lu a b le In fo r m a tio n a t F o r t D u
qu esne, b u t B ra d d o c k , tr a in e d In
E u ro p e a n w a r f a r e , f a lls to r e a l
ize Its Im p o rta n c e . B ro n d Is sent
b a c k to F o r t p u q u e s n e an d le
a ls o In tr u s te d w ith o m essage
to G ro g h a n , E n g lis h
e m is s a ry
a m o n g th e In d ia n s . H e Is a c
c o m p a n ie d
by
Bound
Paw ,
f r ie n d ly In d ia n scout. On th e
w a y th e y a re Joined by a b a c k
w o o d s m an , C ro m lt.
The
p a rty
com es upon a g ro u p o f s e ttle r s
t h r e a t e n in g a y o u n g g i r l , E ls ie ,
D ln w o ld , w h o m th e y accuse o f
w it c h c r a f t .
B ro n d rescues h e r
a n d she d is a p p e a rs . B ro n d d e
liv e r s h is m essage to G ro g h a n .
Y o u n g C o l. G e o rg e W a s h in g to n
rescues th e sco ut fro m b u lly in g
E n g lis h
s o ld ie rs .
B ro n d
p ro
ceeds on a s c o u tin g e x p e d itio n to
F o rt
D u q u es n e ,
and
finds
a
F re n c h s c o u tin g p a r ty b e s ie g in g
an old c a b in In w h ic h E ls ie has
ta k e n re fu g e .
In th e e n s u in g
fig h t she escapes. B ro n d ta ke s
his w a y to D u q u es n e . C a r r y in g
o u t h is p lan to > n t e r th e fo r t
u n q u e s tio n e d , B ro n d
v is its an
In d ia n
to w n
w h ic h a w o m a n
sach em ,
A lla q u lp p a ,
c o n tro ls .
T h e r e he m eets a F re n c h officer,
F a le s t, w h o has fa ile d In his a t
te m p t to w in o v e r A lla q u lp p a to
th e F re n c h cause.
B ro n d finds
E ls ie D ln w o ld , dressed as a m an,
under
A lla q u lp p a 's
p ro te c tio n
T h e g i r l te lls h im she has fou nd
th e E n g lis h c ru e l, a n d Is g o in g
to th e F re n c h .
his eyes lighted when I pronounced
sentence upon Beauvais. More com
posedly I said: " I w ill stay out In the
woods while my red brother scouts
the village and learns from some of
the Delawares what Beauvais plans
to do.”
“ Beauvais w ill talk with the other
Frenchman.”
But thia Inevitable meeting did not
worry me much. Falest had met me
ot Duquesne as Boland. Cromlt’s es
caped prisoner had never seen me
until we fought In the cabin. He
knew nte only as a provincial. But
should Beauvais see me at Duquesne
1 would become a plaything for the
Ottawas and other fierce children of
the north. At all risks, the man must
be prevented from returning to the
fort, or else I must cancel my promise
to Colonel Washington and keep away
from the forks of the Ohio.
Bound Paw suggested that I follow
the path for a tnlle or two and then
bide and wait for him to bring fresh
CHAPTER V— Continued
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Her thin face became convulsed
with anger and ber small teetb were
exposed In a feline snarl.
"So? Then let us both talk to Mr.
Falest. It's mortal strange that you.
a scout for Braddock, should he
friendly with the Frenchman. Have
you told him about the tight at the
cabin? Of thnl oilier Frenchman you
threw on the floor? And what be
came of that man? That’s a vastly
queer way to make a Frenchman like
an Englishman.”
Her mad words recalled me to my
danger. " I w ill eay nothing to Falest.
You w ill hold your tongue about me.
I am going ro Duquesne as a French
man. If you see me there you w ill
not know me.”
She stared at me In silence and the
anger vanished from her face. ” 1
shall not know you," she softly as
sured me. "But If they And out you
are English your life—”
"Won't be worth a nlnepence," I
completed.
“ Don’t got’’ she suddenly pleaded.
"They'll find out. They'll hand you
over to their Indians. Start back now
and meet the army.”
I shook my head.
“ W ill you take me back until we
nieei tiio army?" she pleaded.
That could not be, for my duty sent
me to Duquesne.
“ I'll gladly rend you back under
safe escort. Bound Paw the Onondu
ga Is with me. He Shull be one of ibe
Indians to take you hack," I offered.
"But you w ill not go? Good I I
care nothing for the French nor the
English. Say no more to me. or I'll
tell Falest that you are an English
scout.”
And she walked among the cabins
In Ihe direction Allaqulppu had taken.
I started to And Falest and to ar
range traveling with him and the girl
to the fort, but before I could reach
his cabin the Onondaga glided hy me,
his blunket over hla head, and In pars
ing he murmured:
“ Follow.”
He was making for the woods. I
ah I fled my course and carelessly
strolled toward the mouth of the Du
quesne path. I followed the path deep
Into the damp growth until I found
bln) waiting for me.
“ What shadow now falls upon ua?"
I Impatiently demanded.
“ They have found the Huron bearer
ot belts. The W olfs pnw was too
heavy. It broke his head."
"The man le dead?"
He cotishlered the question to be a
waste of so many words.
“ It la better ao." I said. “ Bound
Paws orenda wished It so and gave
great strength to the flat of the ax
It Is better the Huron Is a ghost*
If my words gave him any comfort,
he did not sltww I t After more star
ing at the branches over his head he
said:
"Another Frenchman ts near the
village My white brother has entered
his tra il once. They say the tnun who
breaks bones with his hands was
asleep. They say his hands grew
very weak.”
“ Crom lt! Lord I Beauvais Is here?"
“ Onontlo’s son has a strong orenda
protecting hltu. He w ill be tu the vll
I age very roon."
I seized the Onondaga's arm and
muttered:
"He roust not reach Duquesne." My
Impulsive gesture brought no change
ta b it Impassive face, but I fancied
It Was Dreary W aiting, and Yet I Wae
Glad to Be Alone, as I Had a Grave
Problem to Solve.
news from the village, lie proposed
boldly to enter the vllluge and trust
to his blanket to conceal his Identity
from Beauvais. This was a good plan
and after exhorting him to he a fox
Instead of a wolf I started up the
trail.
Bound Paw soon rejoined me, and
I asked for news of Beauvais.
“ He Is at the village and starts for
Duquesne after oue sleep."
"Tomorrow morning," I murmured.
“ The witch woman and the other
Frenchman start tonight. Allaqulppa
has told the Frenchman to go. She Is
angry because he brought milk to the
Lenl-Lenape. A hunter told me this.
Your brother has not been to the v il
lage.”
“ Then I must wnlt out here In the
woods until Beauvais has taken the
Duquesne path." I decided.
“ 1 w ill be eyes and ears for my
white brother,” he assured me.
He turned from the tra il and found
a snug biding place within pistol shot
o f the village and said for me to re
main there while tie procured food .
It was dreary waiting and yet I was
glad to be alone, as I bud a grave
problem to solve. Beauvais must not
twtray me at Duquesne; therefore,
Beauvais must not reach the tort. To
waylay him and shoot him from am
bush wits not w ithin my scruples. It
must he a fair light, yet one to the
death.
As It grew dark and the Area In the
village were lighted I left my hiding
place and crept to the edge of the
forest to watch for the Onondaga's
return. I had not been there long be
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fore two figures suddenly came op to
the mouth of the path and entered tbe
black cover within a rod of where I
was crouching. Their Identity was
established by a young voice saying:
" I was willing to go back and try
the English again even If they have
been mortal cruel to me but It couldn t
be that way. So. piteter, I’ll try the
French. They ain't silly enough to
believe In witches, I hope."
"No, no. mademoiselle. Once they
see you properly attired they w ill say
you are beautiful. You w ill be very
happy with the French.”
H alf an hour later the Onondaga
brought to my hiding place a kettle ot
meat and a gourd of water. The ket
tle be bad stolen from tbe cabin of a
drunken warrior.
"The witch-woman and the French
man are on the path to Duquesne,** be
added. "They w ill be far on their
Journey by morning."
"Bound Paw must have tbe ears ot
a wolf when the sun comes back. The
older Frenchman must not reach Du
quesne,” 1 told him.
"Yo-hahl My white brother Is very
wise, like the owL They say a French
man w ill die very quick after the next
sun shines upon him. The wolf’s ear
w ill be open and hla teeth are very
sharp."
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CHAPTER VI
Dubious Faring
It was datk In the woods when 1
awoke and I was weighted down by
the realization that I must halt a
brave man and k ill him, or be killed
by him. The Onondaga came to bis
feet and proceeded to build a fire un
der the kettle of cooked meat so that
I might have something hot to eat be
fore entering upon my strange duel.
I told him he was to have no part In
the morning's grim work. It required
some minutes to win him over, fo r bis
red mind could not comprehend why
a ntan should scorn an advantage
when attacking an enemy. He feared
French witchcraft was at work, for
why abandon a certainty and foolishly
risk life? The one result desired was
the death of the Frenchman before he
reached Duquesne. And there were
two of us to give him his quietus. He
consented to leave the Issue to me
only after I said that my orenda told
me In it dream I must make tbe fight
singlehanded.
I ate a little warm meat and smoked
my pi|*e while the Onondaga scouted
the edge of the woods. At last he
was back on the run. warning:
"He leaves the village. It Is only
half-light even In the opening, but the
Wolf man'! eyes are very sharp. He
carries a long gun like my brother's.”
“ Bound Paw of the Wolt clan, you
must tell me you w ill not take part In
this fight so long as I am alive." I
said to him.
He sighed regretfully and sullenly
replied:
"This la the first fight between the
French and English where the reo
man I? not wanted. My brother shall
take the scalp alone.”
The Frenchman was taking his time
and with never a thought that his ad
vance would he disputed. Some ten
minutes passed, and I was finding l
could see quite distinctly as far as
the first bend In tbe trail, when the
calm of the woods was shattered hy
two rifle shots a second apart Curs
Ing aloud 1 leaped to my feet and
glared down the path In tbe direction
of the village.
The Onondaga bad been unable to
resist his racial Instincts and bad cut
In ahead of me. Even tn my anger I
wns amazed that he should have done
thia, for red or white, there was no
man whose word I would accept ahead
of tbe Onondaga's. I could only ex
plain It by believing the Indian bad
betrayed himself by gome bit of care
lessness. The two shots, so close to
gether, proved the Frenchman bad not
been caught off bis guard; but which
of them had fired the last shot? Five
ten minutes lagged by. and I should
have started an Investigation If not
for the sound of footsteps. One man
was coming up the patb on tbe run
and any finicky notions I bad bad
about slaying the Frenchman vanished
on my discovering this man wns
white. No Indian would ruo as did
this fellow.
I had no time to lament over Ronnd
Paw's passing out, for In another mo
rnent the fellow would be turning the
bend a few rods away. Hla gun would
be empty, I believed, and I stood my
rifle agalDst a tree and pulled my ax
Then the steps reached the bend, and
the next second a tall form waa bear
Ing down upon me. L iftin g my ax I
leaped Into the patb and cried:
"H alt, monsieur!
This path It
closed."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Form s o f S alu tation T hat Seem P ecu liar
If some one should approach you and enchanted to meet monsieur" ts
and say, "H o w do you perspire?" or dlffflcult to Improve upon. "How do
ask you If you have eaten your rice you find yourself?" ts tbe German’s
don't be offended. These are the words greeting, and when a guest rises from
by which the Egyptians and Chinese table they express the hope that be has
say "How do you do?" when they meet had a hearty meal and tbat be w ill
find himself the better for the cheer ot
an acquaintance.
All races have their own pecullat the repast.
forms of salutation. On Islands near
the Philippines natives grasp the foot
O verlooked One
of the person they wish to greet and
L ittle lleeter repeated to her rnotb
gently rub their faces with I t South er the 23d Psalm.
Sea Islanders ruh noses and exchange
When she had finished she said:
gifts, while the Moors kiss each other s '•Oh. I forgot one verse—about spilling
shoulders.
the milk.”
"llo w Is your strength? was the
Her mother was puxzled and curi
greeting In ancient Borne, where every ous.
matt was a warrior. The Greeks, with
Again she repeated the Psalm and
I other things than war on their minds coining to the words, "My cup run
said, “ What business are you engaged neth over." triumphantly exclaimed.
I In?"
"That's It I That's the one I forgot."
The Frenchman's "1 am charmed — Vancouver Province.
A TM
TAL
EARLY PULLETS
DAIRYMAN PLUGS
NEED ATTENTION
UP HbKU LbAKa
"Don’t let your early laying pul
lets get run down In the fall," advise
poultry-men of the atate college of
agriculture at Ithaca. "Don't try to get
more than a 50 per cent production,
but keep the birds tn good healthy
condition and feed enough to keep
them laying steadily.
"Pulle'.8 which come Into production
early (in August or September) have
a tendency toward a production slump
and a molt when the shot! days and
cool weather hit them. I t la very Im
portant to maintain their weight; and
udding milk, wet mashes or providing
artificial lights at the proper time wUl
help out In the difficulty.
•'Feed plenty of hard grain at night.
In the morning, feed In proportion to
the way in which the pullets are pro
ducing. Probably fifteen pounds for
each hundred pullets la enough when
they ore producing 50 per cent or
more and the weather la cold. One
of the main points to remember Is
that i f they eat more grain they eat
less mash, and It Is the mash that con
tains the animal protein and brings
the eggs. However, too much wash
w ill cause a temporary Increase In
egg yield, with a possible dangerous
loss In body weight and later produc
tion.
"A pint of cod liver oil In every
hundred pounds of mash helps keep
the birds In good health during the
winter. Good health Is one of the big
assets to any of the poultry flock and
that is why the cod liver oil Is worth
Its trouble and cost."
Lookout for Poultry
Worms of Many Kinds
There Is no way of estimating the
loss to the poultry Industry caused by
worms of various kinds. That there
Is a loss cannot be denied and several
states are now spending much time In
finding a solution for the worm prob
lem.
It may be necessary to b ill one of
the birds to find whether worms are
affecting It. Usually a bird with
worms looks pale and thin, has rough
feathers, wobbles or sways when It
walks, drinks much, eats little and
sometimes has diarrhea.
There are many remedies on the
market, some to destroy long round
worms, others to destroy tape worms.
There are also combination remedies
that are proving satisfactory. Most of
these are Individual treatments, but It
Isn't so hard to do as one might think.
The worm medicine may be given at
the time the hens are culled. This
saves both time and money as It Is not
necessary to treat the ones that are
to be sold. Treatment alone is not
enough i f the ground is fu ll of worm
eggs. Clean ground Is necessary or
old ground plowed and disinfected.
Average Production of
Eggs During the Year
As a matter of fact, there Is no rec-
ord of a hen laying an egg a day for
a fu ll year. The standard as lal-d
down by the poultry department of
Ohio State university Is 160 eggs In
365 days. The state average Is about
70 eggs. Of course, some high grade
hens do better. More than one hen on
the records of the Ohio Poultry Im
provement association has beaten the
300-egg mark In 365 days. But they
are not common bens.
Egg production fo r the average hen
Is at the lowest point In November,
when five eggs for the month Is the
standard requirement. This standard
rises month by month to 21 eggs In
April, then falls again.
Flies Carry Infection
In a year’s time, O. D. Glenn, a
; Cruwford (Colo.) dairyman, has in
creased his monthly return above feed
cost by $4.90 for each of the 11 cows
In his herd.
Mr. Glenn Joined the Crawford
Cow Testing association on June 1.
1927, and accurate records have been
kept on his herd since then. When
he started the eow-testlug work, he
wns getting an. average of 241 pounds
o f hutterfut per month for each cow.
For every dollar that he Invested in
feed he received $4.87 for the butter-
fa t sold and had the skim milk left
for his hogs ad calves. But there
were some “ leaks” because a year
later Ills returns were much higher.
For May, 1928, the records of the
cow-tester showed the average produc
tion of butterfat per cow to be 490.4
pounds for his 13 cows. For this he
received $163 above feed cost, a re
turn of $12.50 per cow. It was an in
crease of $4.90 per cow per month tn
a year’s time. For every dollar that
he put Into feed, Mr. Glenn received
$7.34 for the butterfat sold. In oth
er words his feed cost hint 44 cents
fo. every 100 pounds of milk a year
ago and 29 cents per 100 pounds of
milk on June 1, 1928. These figures
merely show the return above feed
cost and do not Include labor or in
terest on the Investment.
The increased returns from Mr.
Glenn’s herd may he attributed to the
elim lnntlor of the "boarder” cows,
which the records oi the cow-tester
exposed, and- the maximum use of
home-grown feeds In a balanced ra
tion. He ran his cows on pasture In
June, July August, September ,-nd
October.
In November he started
them on stock beets, alfalfa hay nnd
a balanced ration of grain which the
cow-tester recommended to him.
I t costs Mr. Glenn 34 cents per
month for each cow to have the ?ow
tester’s service In making a complete
cost-of-production record on each cow.
The test- weighs the milk from each
cow one day a mom It and tests It. Be
sides that, he gives the dairyman hints
, on the feeding and care of his herd.
He also aids members o f the cow-test
ing association to secure pure-bred
bulls, exchange bulls nnd >uy better
cows.
“ C a te of th e C ode’’
.’ t was (he Idea of the Chaldean and
Plutonic philosophers that the "gut«
of th ^ gods” was located In Caprt-
cornus,
says
Nature
Magazine.
Through this gate souls released by
death returned to heaven, while
through the "gate of men" In the con
stellation of Cancer, souls descended
from heaven in the bodies of men.
The pochions o f these two "gates"
correspond to the positions of the two
solstices, winter and summer respec
tively.
C atalin a Island Yields
M a n y A ncient Treasures
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, C at
--A n attempt to follow ancient trails
to Ihe long-lost Island temple of
Chinigchlnlch, the Sun God, has re
sulted Instead In the discovery of the
buriul place of a small Indian prin
cess of 3,000 years ago and evldenc«
Indicating that child sacrifices were
made In wholesale fashion by tribes
o f the Channel Islands, off the coast
of California.
W ithin a stone urn weighing 134
pounds and fashioned s k illfu lly as
though by modern tools was found
the skeleton of an Indian g irl be
tween five and seven years.
Her
hands apparently had clutched the
rim of an urn, whose rich ornamenta
tion of wampum bespeaks her royal
lineage.
I
In a circle w ith the urn as a cen
ter were counted by Prof. Ralph Glid-
den, curator of the Catalina museum
of Channel Island Indlnns, the skele
tons of 64 children buried In tiers
four deep with small heads touching
each other.
Beneath them was the skeleton of
a seven-foot man. A spear blade s till
was fixed In the ribs.
The sand w ithin the funeral urn
had the appearance of ground crystal
—apparently, according to the discov
erer, a sacred sand used in the burial
of Indian royalty—and was fa r d if
ferent from that which had sifted
over the graves of the other children.
These finds as well as a wealth of
obsidian knives, spear points nnd ar
row heads and hundreds of other ar
ticles of wampum-inlaid stone and
bone have provided materlul over
which Glldden has puzzled since ha
discovered them.
One thin piece of slate he believes
to lie a stone map, holes having been
drilled to indicate trails to the four
main burying grounds on Santa Cata
lina island.
“ It is plausible,” Glldden said, “ that
the strange child burial w ithin the
urn and those surrounding It were
the result of a natural death of a
tittle girl of high runk and the slay
ing o f 64 attendants and playmates
with her. Or they all may have been
Young Calves Need Some
killed In some religious ceretuonlul
Shelter From Elements rite.
“ It is even possible the princess may
Young calves protected from the sun
and storm make better gains than have been given some potion nnd bur
those allowed to run in the open. Un led nlive. The way the small hands
less there Is n good shelter provided clutched the outer rim of the bowl
j where the calves can seek protection, makes this a possibility.”
Wampum Inlaid In four broken
when they wish to do go, animals a
few months old should he kept In circles on the rim of the urn with
clean, well-ventilated pens In the barn. "gates" leading to the four points of
The effect of sunlight on growth of the compass lead Glidden to believe
calves have been studied by some of the burial place may be near the site
our experiment stations. It was found of the temple of Chinigchlnlch.
where one lot was housed in a dark
ened shed and the other lot had ac
B u tter S tored for W inter
cess to direct sunlight there was lit
The Department of Agriculture says
] tle difference In the physical appear that fo r butter, to be stored for win
ance of the two lots.
ter use, pasteurized sweet cream
Short pastures, hot weather and should be used, churned at a low tem
files must he considered when raising perature and the blitter washed so
calves. Calves are more likely to re that It w ill be firm and waxy. Bolls
ceive regular rations when kept In the or prints ot butter should be wrapped
barn than If allowed to run on pas In parchment butter paper, placed In a
ture. Their thin routing of hair and stone crock, and covered with strong
tender skin make them easy prey for brine. Butter should he stored In us
files. It is not uncommon to find cool a place as Is available and In a
young calves without shelter from the
place free from odors likely to be ab
hot sun with the hide quite irritated sorbed by the butter.
by the sun's rays.
The first few months are Important
Popular trio—three meals a day.
In the life of the dairy calf. During
this time the Inherited stimulus for
growth Is the most active. I f this
impulse Is allowed to spend Itself
without supplying the proper feed nnd
care, the rate of development w ill be
retarded. In extreme cases it may he
permanently lessened.
The young
calves should not he forgotten during
the summer months.
1
Remember that files carry tapeworm
eggs. The only place they can get the
eggs I* from the droppings of Infested
birds. It w ill pay to clean the drop-
ping boards frequently this summer. ♦ -» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦ « • « » • • • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ j
Keep tbe houses for the young stock
as clean as possible ao flies w ill not
be attracted. Do not let the young
stock range after tbe old hens. One
cannot expect much profit from pul- | Good dairy cows also provide an ex
lets which go Into the laying house ' cellent market for grains such as oats
heavily infested with worms of any and barley.
• • •
kind.
Due to Its cooling, slightly laxative
action, silage aids greatly In keeping
Sap on Vitality
the digestive systems of high-produc
Bight now Is an important time In ing dairy cows In good condition.
many respects with both old and
• • •
young fowls. Hot, sultry summer j The calf should he allowed to suck
weather is as much of a sap on the its darn two or three times a day un
vita lity of fowls as It Is on the vita lity ' til the ninth milking or until the milk
of humun beings and animals of all Is normal, after which the calf should
sorts. And this Is right at the time lie weaned.
when the old fowls are getting ready
to molt, while the young stock must
With the shortage of hay which will
be kept growing and In perfect condi exist In many sections this year, more
tion so they w ill be ready fo r the early dairymen w ill undoubtedly find silos
shows or for profitable early winter good Investments.
laying.
• • •
Rations containing leguminous rough-
age are likely to contain sufficient
Season for Guineas
minerals. The whole mineral question
The best season for raising young Is still in the experimental stage.
guineas 1? tbe hotter part of the sum
• • •
mer. As the guinea Is a native of a
A question many dairymen are In
warm country, the young cannot bear terested in Is the relative value, ton
much cold or rain, and it takes very for ton, of corn silage nnd hay for
careful work to grow young guineas dairy cows. Experiments at the Ver
during a cold season. The chicken niont, Maine. Utah and New Mexico
hen makes a good foster mother for stations have shown that two und one
the young guineas and a good-sized half to three tons of good silage (de
hen can cover from 18 to 20 eggs. A ft pending on the richness in corn grain)
er tbe young guineas are hatched, is worth as much as one ton of hay
they should be kept in a closed coop for feeding dairy cows
until they learn tbe mother's call.
Dairy Notes
N/henfood
Sours
Lots of folks who think they have
“ indigestion" have only an acid condi
tion which could be corrected In five
or ten minutes. An effective anti-acid
like Phillips Milk of Magnesia soon
restores digestion to normal.
Phillips does away with all that
sourness and gas right after meals It
prevents the distress so apt to occur
two hours after eating. What a pleas
ant preparation to take!
And how
good It Is for the system! Unlike a
burning dose of soda—which Is hut
temporary relief at best—Phillips
Milk of Magnesia neutralizes many
times its volume in acid.
Next time a hearty meal, or too rich
a diet has brought on the least dis
comfort. try —
PHILLIPS
r „ Milk .
of Magnesia