Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1910 — Where Abraham Fished. [ARTICLE]

Where Abraham Fished.

Mrs. Victoria de Bunsen In “The Soul of a Turk’’ relates a legend concerning Abraham which will be new to many readers. She learned of if while at Edessa, the traditional Ur of the Chaldees. She was shown there a large oblong tank of water so filled with fishes resting just below the surface of the water that their fins and backs seemed almost wedged together so as to form "an almost solid layer of silvery life.” “'The guardian of the mosque throws some meal Into the water and the jump high to catch it, a great living pyramid, of which those who jump the highest form the pinnacle. The tradition is that Abraham, as a child, fished in the tank. Hence the fish were considered sacred. No single one has even been caught or killed to this day. Indeed, death would overtake the man who transgressed ihty law.* -