Fromthisdecisiontherehasneverbeenamongintelligentmenanyappeal。
TherecentadjustmentoforthodoxthoughttothescientificviewoftheDeadSealegendspresentssomecuriousfeatures。AstypicalwemaytakethetravelsoftwoGermantheologiansbetween1860and1870——JohnKranzel，pastorinMunich，andPeterSchegg，latelyprofessorintheuniversityofthatcity。
ThearchdioceseofMunich-Freisingisoneofthoseinwhichtheattempttosuppressmodernscientificthoughthasbeenmoststeadilycarriedon。Itsarchbishopshaveconstantlyshownthemselvesassiduousinsecuringcardinals’hatsbythwartingscienceandbystupefyingeducation。ThetwintowersoftheoldcathedralofMunichhaveseemedtothrowakillingshadowoverintellectualdevelopmentinthatregion。Naturally，then，thesetwoclericaltravellersfromthatdiocesedidnotcommitthemselvestoclearingawayanyoftheDeadSeamyths；butitissignificantthatneitherofthemfollowstheexampleofsomanyoftheirclericalpredecessorsindefendingthesalt-pillarlegend：theysteadilyavoiditaltogether。
Themorerecenthistoryofthesaltpillar，sinceLynch，deservesmention。Itappearsthatthetravellersimmediatelyafterhimfounditshapedbythestormsintoaspire；thatayearortwolaterithadutterlydisappeared；andabouttheyear1870Prof。
Palmer，onvisitingtheplace，foundatsomedistancefromthemainsaltbed，ashesays，“atall，isolatedneedleofrock，whichdoesreallybearacuriousresemblancetoanArabwomanwithachilduponhershoulders。”