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At last the Irusian mountains came in sight, nursing the villages of Pen Kai and Blut, and the wandering streets of Mlo, where priests propitiate the avalanche with wine and maize. AT LAST THE ERUSIAN MOUNTAINS CAME IN SIGHT NURSING THE VILLAGES OF PENKAI AND BLUT AND THE WANDERING STREETS OF LO WHERE PRIESTS PROPITIATE THE AVALANCHE WITH WINE AND MAIZE
ountain air; the sailors stood up and took deep breaths of it, and thought of their own far off Acroctian hills on which were Durl and Duz--below them in the plains stands fair Belzoond. A great shadow brooded between the cliffs of Glorm, but the crags were shining above us like gnarled moons, and almost lit the gloom. Louder and louder came the Irillion's song, and the sound of her dancing down from the fields of snow. And soon we saw her white and full of mists, and wreathed with rainbows delicate and small that she had plucked up near the mountain's summit from some celestial garden of the Sun. Then she went away seawards with the huge grey Yann and the ravine widened, and opened upon the world, and our rocking ship came through to the light of the day. And all that morning and all the afternoon we passed through the marshes of Pondoovery; and Yann widened there, and flowed solemnly and slowly, and the captain bade the sailors beat on bells to overcome the dreariness of the marshes.  JUNGLE AND BREATHED THE MOUNTAIN AIR THE SAILORS STOOD UP AND TOOK DEEP BREATHS OF IT AND THOUGHT OF THEIR OWN FAR OFF ACROSION HILLS ON WHICH WERE DURAL AND DEWS BELOW THEM IN THE PLAINS STANDS FAIR BELZOUND A GREAT SHADOW BROODED BETWEEN THE CLIFFS OF GLOOM BUT THE CRAGS WERE SHINING ABOVE US LIKE GNARLED MOONS AND ALMOST LIT THE GLOOM LOUDER AND LOUDER CAME THE ARIANT SONG AND THE SOUND OF HER DANCING DOWN FROM THE FIELDS OF SNOW AND SOON WE SAW HER WHITE AND FULL OF MISTS AND WREATHED WITH RAINBOWS DELICATE AND SMALL THAT SHE HAD PLUCKED UP NEAR THE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT FROM SOME CELESTIAL GARDEN OF THE SUN THEN SHE WENT AWAY SEAWARDS WITH A HUGE GREY YAWN AND THE RAVINE WIDENED AND OPENED UPON THE WORLD AND OUR ROCKING SHIP CAME THROUGH TO THE LIGHT OF THE DAY AND ALL THAT MORNING AND ALL THE AFTERNOON WE PASSED THROUGH THE MARSHES OF PONDUVERY AND YAWN WIDENED THERE AND FLOWED SOLEMNLY AND SLOWLY AND THE CAPTAIN BADE THE SAILORS BEAT ON BELLS TO OVERCOME THE DREARINESS OF THE MARSHES
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