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About three fourths of the "inner" surface of the earth is land and about one fourth water. There are numerous rivers of tremendous size, some flowing in a northerly direction and others southerly. ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS LAND AND ABOUT ONE FOURTH WATER THERE ARE NUMEROUS RIVERS OF TREMENDOUS SIZE SOME FLOWING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND OTHERS SOUTHERLY
y geometry and astronomy. Their cities are equipped with vast palaces of music, where not infrequently as many as twenty-five thousand lusty voices of this giant race swell forth in mighty choruses of the most sublime symphonies. The children are not supposed to attend institutions of learning before they are twenty years old. Then their school life begins and continues for thirty years, ten of which are uniformly devoted by both sexes to the study of music. Their principal vocations are architecture, agriculture, horticulture, the raising of vast herds of cattle, and the building of conveyances peculiar to that country, for travel on land and water. By some device which I cannot explain, they hold communion with one another between the most distant parts of their country, on air currents. All buildings are erected with special regard to strength, durability, beauty and symmetry, and with a style of architecture vastly more attractive to the eye than any I have ever observed elsewhere. SCIENCES ESPECIALLY GEOMETRY AND ASTRONOMY THEIR CITIES ARE EQUIPPED WITH VAST PALACES OF MUSIC WHERE NOT INFREQUENTLY AS MANY AS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND LUSTY VOICES OF THIS GIANT RACE SWELL FORTH IN MIGHTY CHORUSES OF THE MOST SUBLIME SYMPHONIES THE CHILDREN ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ATTEND INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING BEFORE THEY ARE TWENTY YEARS OLD THEN THEIR SCHOOL LIFE BEGINS AND CONTINUES FOR THIRTY YEARS TEN OF WHICH ARE UNIFORMLY DEVOTED BY BOTH SEXES TO THE STUDY OF MUSIC THEIR PRINCIPAL VOCATIONS ARE ARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURE HORTICULTURE THE RAISING OF VAST HERDS OF CATTLE AND THE BUILDING OF CONVEYANCES PECULIAR TO THAT COUNTRY FOR TRAVEL ON LAND AND WATER BY SOME DEVICE WHICH I CANNOT EXPLAIN THEY HOLD COMMUNION WITH ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN THE MOST DISTANT PARTS OF THEIR COUNTRY ON AIR CURRENTS ALL BUILDINGS ARE ERECTED WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO STRENGTH DURABILITY BEAUTY AND SYMMETRY AND WITH A STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE VASTLY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE IRON THAN ANY I HAVE EVER OBSERVED ELSEWHERE
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