5 - forty columns of fire ornamented the hall. one side of the columns shone with a white and vivid fire, the other side seemed to be in shadow; a blackish flame covered it. in the center of this place stood an altar in the form of a serpent. a greenish gold embellished its diapered scales in which the surrounding flames.

4 - forty columns of fire ornamented the hall in which i found myself. one side of the columns shone with a white and vivid fire, the other side seemed to be in shadow; a blackish flame covered it. in the center of this place stood an altar in the form of a serpent. a greenish gold embellished its diapered scales in which the surrounding flames