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 dead, and Oa resolved to gather together another body of friends and return the next day. When he with his companions reached the place they found themselves unable to see the tree, for blindness had fallen upon all their eyes. They groped their way about the valley, keeping near each other for fear that one of their number might stray away and be lost; it was not until nightfall that they found a path which led them to their homes. Soon after this Oa himself died.

The tree was left a long time undisturbed, and many years passed by, for few heroes were brave enough to attempt again the feat which had provoked so great and mortal a punish-