And there is yet the first tooth, forcing its way like a needle-point through rosy gums; and there is also the first stammered word, the "pa-pa," the "mam-ma," which one is quite ready to detect amid the vaguest babble, though it be but the purring of a kitten, the chirping of a bird.

HIS CALM VIEW OF THE HEREAFTER "O Mam-mitu, thou god of fate and death!

[Footnote 8: "Mam-mit," or "Mam-mi-tu," goddess of fate.

With her fierce screams directs the gory brand; And Mam-mit urges her with furious hand, And coiling dragons poison all the land With their black folds and pestilential breath, In fierce delight thus ride the gods of death.

But goddess Mam-nutu of Fate and Death; Oh, keep away from me her blasting breath; Let Samas fix the hour with favor thine, And o'er mine unknown path, Oh ride divine!