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The sailors pitched a pavilion, with golden tassels, for the captain upon the deck, and then went, all but the helmsman, under a sail that they had hung as an awning between two masts. THE SAILORS PITCHED A PAVILION WITH GOLDEN TASSELS FOR THE CAPTAIN UPON THE DECK AND THEN WENT ALL BUT THE HELMSMAN UNDER A SAIL THAT THEY HAD HUNG AS AN AWNING BETWEEN TWO MASTS
f the gipsies, for the mere bread to live by, but beyond that would never abate her pride to dance for a fragment more. And the butterflies sung of strange and painted things, of purple orchids and of lost pink cities and the monstrous colours of the jungle's decay. And they, too, were among those whose voices are not discernible by human ears. And as they floated above the river, going from forest to forest, their splendour was matched by the inimical beauty of the birds who darted out to pursue them. Or sometimes they settled on the white and wax-like blooms of the plant that creeps and clambers about the trees of the forest; and their purple wings flashed out on the great blossoms as, when the caravans go from Nurl to Thace, the gleaming silks flash out upon the snow, where the crafty merchants spread them one by one to astonish the mountaineers of the Hills of Noor. But upon men and beasts the sun sent drowsiness. The river monsters along the river's marge lay dormant in the slime.  SOME ENCAMPMENT OF THE GIPSIES FOR THE MERE BREAD TO LIVE BY BUT BEYOND THAT WOULD NEVER ABATE HER PRIDE COULD DANCE FOR A FRAGMENT MORE AND THE BUTTERFLIES SUNG OF STRANGE AND PAINTED THINGS OF PURPLE ORCHIDS AND OF LOST PINK CITIES AND THE MONSTROUS COLORS OF THE JUNGLE'S DECAY AND THEY TOO WERE AMONG THOSE WHOSE VOICES ARE NOT DISCERNIBLE BY HUMAN EARS AND AS THEY FLOATED ABOVE THE RIVER GOING FROM FOREST TO FOREST THEIR SPLENDOR WAS MATCHED BY THE INIMICAL BEAUTY OF THE BIRDS WHO DARTED OUT TO PURSUE THEM OR SOMETIMES THEY SETTLED ON THE WHITE AND WAX LIKE BLOOMS OF THE PLANT THAT CREEPS AND CLAMBERS ABOUT THE TREES OF THE FOREST AND THEIR PURPLE WINGS FLASHED OUT ON THE GREAT BLOSSOMS AS WHEN THE CARAVANS GO FROM NERL TO FACE THE GLEAMING SILKS FLASH OUT UPON THE SNOW WHERE THE CRAFTY MERCHANTS SPREAD THEM ONE BY ONE TO ASTONISH THE MOUNTAINEERS OF THE HILLS OF NUER BUT UPON MEN AND BEASTS THE SUN SENT DROWSINESS THE RIVER MONSTERS ALONG THE RIVER'S MARGE LAY DORMANT IN THE SLIME
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