Fromthisdecisiontherehasneverbeenamongintelligentmenanyappeal。

　　TherecentadjustmentoforthodoxthoughttothescientificviewoftheDeadSealegendspresentssomecuriousfeatures。AstypicalwemaytakethetravelsoftwoGermantheologiansbetween1860and1870——JohnKranzel，pastorinMunich，andPeterSchegg，latelyprofessorintheuniversityofthatcity。

　　ThearchdioceseofMunich-Freisingisoneofthoseinwhichtheattempttosuppressmodernscientificthoughthasbeenmoststeadilycarriedon。Itsarchbishopshaveconstantlyshownthemselvesassiduousinsecuringcardinals’hatsbythwartingscienceandbystupefyingeducation。ThetwintowersoftheoldcathedralofMunichhaveseemedtothrowakillingshadowoverintellectualdevelopmentinthatregion。Naturally，then，thesetwoclericaltravellersfromthatdiocesedidnotcommitthemselvestoclearingawayanyoftheDeadSeamyths；butitissignificantthatneitherofthemfollowstheexampleofsomanyoftheirclericalpredecessorsindefendingthesalt-pillarlegend：theysteadilyavoiditaltogether。

　　Themorerecenthistoryofthesaltpillar，sinceLynch，deservesmention。Itappearsthatthetravellersimmediatelyafterhimfounditshapedbythestormsintoaspire；thatayearortwolaterithadutterlydisappeared；andabouttheyear1870Prof。

　　Palmer，onvisitingtheplace，foundatsomedistancefromthemainsaltbed，ashesays，“atall，isolatedneedleofrock，whichdoesreallybearacuriousresemblancetoanArabwomanwithachilduponhershoulders。”

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