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The great luminous cloud or ball of dull red fire  fiery red in the mornings and evenings, and during the day giving off a beautiful white light, "The Smoky God,"  is seemingly suspended in the center of the great vacuum "within" the earth, and held to its place by the immutable law of gravitation, or a repellant atmospheric force, as the case may be. I refer to the known power that draws or repels with equal force in all directions. THE GREAT LUMINOUS CLOUD OR BALL OF DULL RED FIRE FIERY RED IN THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS AND DURING THE DAY GIVING OFF A BEAUTIFUL WHITE LIGHT THE SMOKY GOD IS SEEMINGLY SUSPENDED IN THE CENTRE OF THE GREAT VACUUM WITHIN THE EARTH AND HELD TO ITS PLACE BY THE IMMUTABLE LAW OF GRAVITATION OR A REPELLENT ATMOSPHERIC FORCE AS THE CASE MAY BE ARE REFERRED TO THE KNOWN POWER THAT DRAWS OR REPELS WITH EQUAL FORCE IN ALL DIRECTIONS
d a patience that was truly commendable. One day an envoy from the Ruler at "Eden" came to see us, and for two whole days my father and myself were put through a series of surprising questions. They wished to know from whence we came, what sort of people dwelt "without," what God we worshiped, our religious beliefs, the mode of living in our strange land, and a thousand other things. The compass which we had brought with us attracted especial attention. My father and I commented between ourselves on the fact that the compass still pointed north, although we now knew that we had sailed over the curve or edge of the earth's aperture, and were far along southward on the "inside" surface of the earth's crust, which, according to my father's estimate and my own, is about three hundred miles in thickness from the "inside" to the "outside" surface. Relatively speaking, it is no thicker than an egg-shell, so that there is almost as much surface on the "inside" as on the "outside" of the earth. ES GAUDIA AND HIS WIFE EXHIBITED A PATIENCE THAT WAS TRULY COMMENDABLE ONE DAY AN ENVOY FROM THE RULER EDEN CAME TO SEE US AND FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS MY FATHER AND MYSELF WERE PUT THROUGH A SERIES OF SURPRISING QUESTIONS THEY WISHED TO KNOW FROM WHENCE WE CAME WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE DWELT WITHOUT WHAT GOD WE WORSHIPPED OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THE MODE OF LIVING IN OUR STRANGE LAND AND A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS THE COMPASS WHICH WE HAD BROUGHT WITH US ATTRACTED ESPECIAL ATTENTION MY FATHER AND I COMMENTED BETWEEN OURSELVES ON THE FACT THAT THE COMPASS STILL POINTED NORTH ALTHOUGH WE NOW KNEW THAT WE HAD SAILED OVER THE CURVE OF THE EDGE OF THE EARTH'S APERTURE AND WERE FAR ALONG SOUTHWARD ON THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH'S CRUST WHICH ACCORDING TO MY FATHER'S ESTIMATE AND MY OWN IS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED MILES IN THICKNESS FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE SURFACE RELATIVELY SPEAKING IT IS NO THICKER THAN AN EGG SHELL SO THAT THERE IS ALMOST AS MUCH SURFACE ON THE INSIDE AS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH
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