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And sometimes my dreams took me as far as Pungar Vees, the red walled city where the fountains are, which trades with the Isles and Thul. AND SOMETIMES MY DREAMS TOOK ME AS FAR AS PUNGARVIS THE RED WALLED CITY WHERE THE FOUNTAINS ARE WHICH TRADES WITH THE ISLES AND THUOL
 wing-like sails. 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 the captain answered that he came from fair Belzoond, and worshipped gods that were the least and humblest, who seldom sent the famine or the thunder, and were easily appeased with little battles. And I told how I came from Ireland, which is of Europe, whereat the captain and all the sailors laughed, for they said, "There are no such places in all the land of dreams." When they had ceased to mock me, I explained that my fancy mostly dwelt in the desert of Cuppar-Nombo, about a beautiful blue city called Golthoth the Damned, which was sentinelled all round by wolves and their shadows, and had been utterly desolate for years and years, because of a curse which the gods once spoke in anger and could never since recall. GS TO AN ANXIOUS CITY INTO THE WING LIKE SAILS 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 THE CAPTAIN ANSWERED THAT HE CAME FROM FAIR BELZOUND AND WORSHIPPED GODS THAT WERE THE LEAST AND HUMBLEST WHO SELDOM SENT THE FAMINE OR THE THUNDER AND WERE EASILY APPEASED WITH LITTLE BATTLES AND I TOLD HOW I CAME FROM IRELAND WHICH IS OF EUROPE WHEREAT THE CAPTAIN AND ALL THE SAILORS LAUGHED FOR THEY SAID THERE ARE NO SUCH PLACES IN ALL THE LAND OF DREAMS WHEN THEY HAD CEASED TO MOCK ME I EXPLAINED THAT MY FANCY MOSTLY DWELT IN THE DESERT OF KUPERNAMBO ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL BLUE CITY CALLED GOLTHOTH THE DAM WHICH WAS SENTINELED ALL ROUND BY WOLVES AND THEIR SHADOWS AND HAD BEEN UTTERLY DESOLATE FOR YEARS AND YEARS BECAUSE OF A CURSE WHICH THE GODS ONCE SPOKE IN ANGER AND COULD NEVER SINCE RECALL
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