For the former, it may prove a useful introduction to these studies, while the latter will find in the work the most important and pleasing features of mythology. […] The temple was but partially destroyed, and was soon afterwards restored to its former splendor. […] In their proper names; as among the former, Ethbaal, Jerubbaal; among the latter, Hannibal, Asdrubal. […] This temple retains many traces of its former magnificence, and is particularly remarkable for a triple statue of Buddha. […] The Buddhists believe that the confinement of the soul in a human body is a state of misery, and the punishment of sins committed in a former state of existence.