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And so we came into the central stream, whereat the sailors lowered the greater sails. But I had gone to bow before the captain, and to inquire concerning the miracles, and appearances among men, of the most holy gods of whatever land he had come from. AND SO WE CAME INTO THE CENTRAL STREAM WHEREAT THE SAILORS LOWERED THE GREATER SAILS BUT I HAD GONE TO BOW BEFORE THE CAPTAIN AND TO INQUIRE CONCERNING THE MIRACLES AND APPEARANCES AMONG MEN OF THE MOST HOLY GODS OF WHATEVER LAND HE HAD COME FROM
 me here in London to see once more that white and beautiful city, and yet I dare not, for I know not the danger I should have to face, whether I should risk the fury of unknown dreadful gods, or some disease unspeakable and slow, or the desert's curse or torture in some little private room of the Emperor Thuba Mleen, or something that the travelers have not told--perhaps more fearful still. IDLE DAYS ON THE YANN So I came down through the wood on the bank of Yann and found, as had been prophesied, the ship _Bird of the River_ about to loose her cable. The captain sat cross-legged upon the white deck with his scimitar lying beside him in its jeweled scabbard, and the sailors toiled to spread the nimble sails to bring the ship into the central stream of Yann, and all the while sang ancient soothing songs. And the wind of the evening descending cool from the snowfields of some mountainous abode of distant gods came suddenly, like glad tidings to an anxious city, into the wing-like sails.  IDLE DAYS ON THE YAN CHAPTER SIX OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEOPER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SO I CAME DOWN THROUGH THE WOOD ON THE BANK OF YAN AND FOUND AS HAD BEEN PROPHESIED THE SHIP BIRD OF THE RIVER ABOUT TO LOOSE HER CABLE THE CAPTAIN SAT CROSS LEGGED UPON THE WHITE DECK WITH HIS SCIMITAR LYING BESIDE HIM IN HIS JEWELLED SCABBARD AND THE SAILORS TOILED TO SPREAD THE NIMBLE SAILS TO BRING THE SHIP INTO THE CENTRAL STREAM OF YON AND ALL THE WHILE SANG ANCIENT SOOTHING SONGS AND THE WIND OF THE EVENING DESCENDING COOL FROM THE SNOW FIELDS OF SOME MOUNTAINOUS ABODE OF DISTANT GODS CAME SUDDENLY LIKE GLAD TIDINGS TO AN ANXIOUS CITY INTO THE WING LIKE SAILS
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