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As we emerged into the streets an Armenian professor gravely shook his head. “Ah,” said he, “you will never do it.” Then dropping his voice, he told us that those other ascents were all fictitious; that the summit of “Masis” had never yet been reached except by Noah; and that we were about to attempt what was an utter impossibility.
Two days after his ascent, that gentleman paid a visit to the Armenian monastery at Echmiadzin, and was presented to the archimandrite as the Englishman who had just ascended to the top of “Masis.” “No,” said the ecclesiastical dignitary; “that cannot be. No one has ever been there. It is impossible.” Mr.
In the Greek and other versions, the mountain Musas or Masis is mentioned, that is, Mashu, as in the Gilgamesh epic. See p. 488. Not many years ago the impression appeared to be well founded that the Semites were poor in the production of myths and legends as compared, for example, to the Hindus or Greeks.
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