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When I awoke I found that we had indeed come to Perdóndaris, that famous city. For there it stood upon the left of us, a city fair and notable, and all the more pleasant for our eyes to see after the jungle that was so long with us. WHEN I AWOKE I FOUND THAT WE HAD INDEED COME TO PREDONDERAS THAT FAMOUS CITY FOR THERE IT STOOD UPON THE LEFT OF US A CITY FAIR AND NOTABLE AND ALL THE MORE PLEASANT FOR OUR EYES TO SEE AFTER THE JUNGLE THAT WAS SO LONG WITH US
 manifold cries of flocks of geese, which the sailors told me had recently come in from crossing over the Lispasian ranges; every year they come by the same way, close by the peak of Mluna, leaving it to the left, and the mountain eagles know the way they come and--men say--the very hour, and every year they expect them by the same way as soon as the snows have fallen upon the Northern Plains. But soon it grew so dark that we heard those birds no more, and only heard the whirring of their wings, and of countless others besides, until they all settled down along the banks of the river, and it was the hour when the birds of the night went forth. Then the sailors lit the lanterns for the night, and huge moths appeared, flapping about the ship, and at moments their gorgeous colours would be revealed by the lanterns, then they would pass into the night again, where all was black. And again the sailors prayed, and thereafter we supped and slept, and the helmsman took our lives into his care. KE TEAL AND WE HEARD THE MANIFOLD CRIES OF FLOCKS OF GEESE WHICH THE SAILORS TOLD ME HAD RECENTLY COME IN FROM CROSSING OVER THE LOSPASIAN RANGES EVERY YEAR THEY COME BY THE SAME WAY CLOSE BY THE PEAK OF LUNA LEAVING IT TO THE LEFT AND THE MOUNTAIN EAGLES KNOW THE WAY THEY COME AND MEN SAY THE VERY HOUR AND EVERY YEAR THEY EXPECT THEM BY THE SAME WAY AS SOON AS THE SNOWS HAVE FALLEN UPON THE NORTHERN PLAINS BUT SOON IT GREW SO DARK THAT WE HEARD THOSE BIRDS NO MORE AND ONLY HEARD THE WHIRRING OF THEIR WINGS AND OF COUNTLESS OTHERS BESIDES UNTIL THEY ALL SETTLED DOWN ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER AND IT WAS THE HOUR WHEN THE BIRDS OF THE NIGHT WENT FORTH THEN THE SAILORS LIT THE LANTERNS FOR THE NIGHT AND HUGE MOTHS APPEARED FLAPPING ABOUT THE SHIP AND AT MOMENTS THEIR GORGEOUS COLOURS WOULD BE REVEALED BY THE LANTERNS THEN THEY WOULD PASS INTO THE NIGHT AGAIN WHERE ALL WAS BLACK AND AGAIN THE SAILORS PRAYED AND THEREAFTER WE SUPPED AND SLEPT AND THE HELMSMEN TOOK OUR LIVES INTO HIS CARE
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