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panions were carried before the Satrap , whq just at thatmoment was taking the air in his palanquin. As soon ashe saw the squalid, meagre figure of the man, he screamedout in fright like a woman, and covered his face. Atlength, when he ventured to look up, he addressed him asa demon, and asked, “ whence art thou sent to us ?”From myself, replied Apollonius , to instruct you to be-come men, in defiance of yourselves. Then the Satrap askedwho he was, who dared to enter the King’s dominions ?To this Apollonius calmly answered, the whole earth ismine,* and L have leave to go wherever I please throughit. When the Satrap heard this, he said, if you answerme not explicitly I will put you to the torture. To thisApollonius said, “ O that the punishment were to be in-flicted by your own hands, that you might pay the meritedpenalty for daring to touch such a man. The eunuch,astonished at finding that the man required no interpreter,and that he comprehended and answered every thing with-out the least hesitation, changed his voice and manner,and adjured him in the name of the Gods , to say who hewas—As you condescend, said Apollonius , to ask mewith so much civil courtesy, hear then who I am. I amApollonius of Tyana , I am going to the King of theIndians, to learn from him what is doing in that country.I should be glad to see your King, for all who have con-versed with him, say he is not without virtue, and I aminclined to credit this report, if it is Vardanes who has justrecovered his lost kingdom. He is the very man, divineApollonius, returned the Satrap , (for of you we haveheard long ago;) and he is one who would resign his crownto a wise man; and will take care to have you and yourcompanions forwarded to the Indies, each mounted on a