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There were two more of the strange creatures seated at the table, called Canitaurs as I later found out, and as they are closely entwined with my story, being prominent participants, I will describe them in some detail here. They stood erect like a man, yet were quite contrasted in appearance. THERE WERE TWO MORE OF THE STRANGE CREATURES SEATED AT THE TABLE CALLED CANATORS AS I LATER FOUND OUT AND AS THEY ARE CLOSELY ENTWINED WITH MY STORY BEING PROMINENT PARTICIPANTS I WILL DESCRIBE THEM IN SOME DETAIL HERE THEY STOOD ERECT LIKE A MAN YET WERE QUITE CONTRASTED IN APPEARANCE
y room in which I found myself. Observing that my vision was returned enough to see, the strange creature which had greeted me led me down the descending staircase for a short way, until we came into a cavern which was delved beneath the roots of the tree. The walls and floor of the cavern, or more accurately, the sitting room, for such it appeared to be, were paneled with a thick, heavy wood with an almost artificially symmetric grain, and the ceiling was done in diagonal boards of the same. Sitting in the center of the room was a brick-laid pit in which burned an illuminating fire, and around it was placed an odd covering frame that caught up the smoke and channeled it via underground passages to some distant wilderness, where its sightless remnants would dissipate into the atmosphere unnoticed. On the near side of the fire was a round table flanked by four large, comfortable chairs, padded by cushions made from the same material as the various carpets and tapestries around the room. OF THE SMALL ENTRY ROOM IN WHICH I FOUND MYSELF OBSERVING THAT MY VISION WAS RETURNED ENOUGH TO SEE THE STRANGE CREATURE WHICH HAD GREETED ME LED ME DOWN THE DESCENDING STAIRCASE FOR A SHORT WAY UNTIL WE CAME INTO A CAVERN WHICH WAS DELVED BENEATH THE ROOTS OF THE TREE THE WALLS AND FLOOR OF THE CAVERN OR MORE ACCURATELY THE SITTING ROOM FOR SUCH IT APPEARED TO BE WERE PANELLED WITH A THICK HEAVY WOOD WITH AN ALMOST ARTIFICIALLY SYMMETRIC GRAIN AND THE CEILING WAS DONE IN DIAGONAL BOARDS OF THE SAME SITTING IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM WAS A BRICK LAID PIT IN WHICH BURNED AN ILLUMINATING FIRE AND AROUND IT WAS PLACED AN ODD COVERING FRAME THAT CAUGHT UP THE SMOKE AND CHANNELED IT BY UNDERGROUND PASSAGES TO SOME DISTANT WILDERNESS WHERE ITS SIGHTLESS REMNANTS WOULD DISSIPATE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE UNNOTICED ON THE NEAR SIDE OF THE FIRE WAS A ROUND TABLE FLANKED BY FOUR LARGE COMFORTABLE CHAIRS PADDED BY CUSHIONS MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE VARIOUS CARPETS AND TAPESTRIES AROUND THE ROOM
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