He rushed on them, and his sword was in th.eu< vitals before they could devise ai.y effective plan of •> defence Ho was taken up by the patrol, tried for the mur der of the three citizens, and exposed to puhlio derision and laughter, as all but himself knew what and who the suiVeror-, woio. Apuleius is supposed to have iiitroduccd this passage into his philosophic talc for the purpose of throwing ridicule on his own prosecutor-, for their treatment of himself, on the score of his magic. "Pamphile, uondeiing at the ill success of her charm, took an opportunity ne.vt night to change herself \nla t\n owl to fly away to her love, as ho would not, or perhaps could not, come to her. "She first divested heiself of all her garments, and then having unlocked a chesfo took from it seveial little boxes, and opened ono which contained a certain ointment. Rubbing this ointment a good while between the palms of her hands, she anointed her whole body, and then whispered many magic words to a lamp, as if she wan talking to it j then she began to move hoc r.wns, first with tremulous jerks, and aflcrwaids by a gentle undulating motion, till a glittering downy suifoco overspread her body; feathers and strong quills burst forth presently, her nose becamu a haul, crooked beak, her toes changed to curved talons, and Pamphile was no longer Pamp phile, but it was an owl I saw befoi erne. And now, uttciing a harsh, querulous scicam, leap ing from the ground by little and little, in oi der to try her pawoid ; and presently, poising herself aloft on her pinions, she stretched forth her wings on either side to their full extent, and flaw away. "Lucius, envying the \yitch her power, begs of Photis to fu.rn.ish, him with a box of the ointment. B}\c is. at fiist unwilling, bub finally complying, sho unfortunately hands him a wion£ one j alid when he is swinging hib arms in triumph, expecting ta bo on the wing in mQin.en.t, \\e finds his tender skin haiden ing, his sole* degenerating into horny hoofs, his palms \i\\e same, his mouth becoming a miu/.le, his eais lengthening, am( his onllic structure and nature me tamorphosed into those of an ass. 