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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." 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
e 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. 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. HROUGH 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 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
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