Show hindmo legend of adam and eve the hindmo legend of adam and evo eve I 1 in substance is as 03 follows in the beginning god created adima the first man and heva tho the first woman which completed life he ile placed them on the island of ceylon and commanded them never to quit their place of abode but to remain and propagate their kind in the course of time in wandering over th the island eisland they saw a most beautiful land connected with theirs by lofty peaks and ragged rocks the land beyond was most beauteous to behold being covered with stately trees whose branches hung with fruits of every variety many colored birds flit ted from bough to bough and made a perfect din of ever changing music adima note that this is directly opposite to our biblical account tempted and induced heva to violate the coi command 11 of the creator and accompany him to the paradise across the rocky peaks when they had crossed the narrow neck of land which connected their island heaven with the mainland they heard beard a loud cracking noise and looked around just in time to eee see the isthmus break in two and sink beneath the waters of the ocean when it was plain that their way back to their island paradise paradiso had bad been cut off they turned their attention to their new home and found it a land of sand thorns rocks and brambles its supposed beauty having been but a mirage raised by Rako kasos 08 the spirit of evil to tempt them to disobedience bedi bodi ence for this act tl they I 1 ey were doomed to perpetual labor and final death st louis republic |