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One , which was exceedingly beautiful , represented a whole battle scene with a convoy of captives being marched off in the distance . `` Well , '' said Sir Henry , after inspecting this ancient work of art , `` it is very well to call this Solomon 's Road , but my humble opinion is that the Egyptians had been here before Solomon 's people ever set a foot on it . If this is n't Egyptian or Phoenician handiwork , I must say that it is very like it . '' By midday we had advanced sufficiently down the mountain to search the region where wood was to be met with . First we came to scattered bushes which grew more and more frequent , till at last we found the road winding through a vast grove of silver trees similar to those which are to be seen on the slopes of Table Mountain at Cape Town . I had never before met with them in all my wanderings , except at the Cape , and their appearance here astonished me greatly . `` Ah ! ''