CHAPTER II

.—THE SISTERS OF OLD.

Hemp amongst the Scythians; Intoxicating vapours of the Massagetæ; the _Nepenthes_ of Homer; the Secret of Egyptian Thebes; The Poppy of the Ancients; Secret Poisoning of Aratus of Sicyon; The Acts of Locusta; Death of Britannicus; The Delphic Oracle; Arabian Nights; Another Nepenthes; Antony’s Retreat; Retreat of the Ten Thousand; Something unknown 10

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