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After having spent considerably more than a year in visiting several of the many cities of the "within" world and a great deal of intervening country, and more than two years had passed from the time we had been picked up by the great excursion ship on the river, we decided to cast our fortunes once more upon the sea, and endeavor to regain the "outside" surface of the earth. We made known our wishes, and they were reluctantly but promptly followed. AFTER HAVING SPENT CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN A YEAR IN VISITING SEVERAL OF THE MANY CITIES OF THE WITHIN WORLD AT A GREAT DEAL OF INTERVENING COUNTRY AND MORE THAN TWO YEARS HAD PASSED FROM THE TIME WE HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY THE GREAT EXCURSIONSHIP ON THE RIVER WE DECIDED TO CAST OUR FORTUNES ONCE MORE UPON THE SEA AND ENDEAVOURED TO REGAIN THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH WE MADE KNOWN OUR WISHES AND THEY WERE RELUCTANTLY BUT PROMPTLY FOLLOWED
and there was provision for animals of every kind. Also whatever fragrant things there are in the earth, whether roots or herbage, or woods, or distilling drops of flowers or fruits, grew and thrived in that land."--The Cratylus of Plato.) There is a hazy mist that goes up from the land each evening, and it invariably rains once every twenty-four hours. This great moisture and the invigorating electrical light and warmth account perhaps for the luxuriant vegetation, while the highly charged electrical air and the evenness of climatic conditions may have much to do with the giant growth and longevity of all animal life. In places the level valleys stretched away for many miles in every direction. "The Smoky God," in its clear white light, looked calmly down. There was an intoxication in the electrically surcharged air that fanned the cheek as softly as a vanishing whisper. Nature chanted a lullaby in the faint murmur of winds whose breath was sweet with the fragrance of bud and blossom. ANTS IN THE ISLAND AND THERE WAS PROVISION FOR ANIMALS OF EVERY KIND ALSO WHATEVER FRAGRANT THINGS THERE ARE IN THE EARTH WHETHER ROOTS OR HERBAGE OR WOODS OR DISTILLING DROPS OF FLOUR OR FRUITS GREW AND THRIVED IN THAT LAND UNQUOTE THE CRAUTTALLUS OF PLATO THERE IS A HAZY MIST THAT GOES UP FROM THE LAND EACH EVENING AND IT INVARIABLY RAINS ONCE EVERY TWENTY FOUR HOURS THIS GREAT MOISTURE AND THE INVIGORATING ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WARMTH ACCOUNT PERHAPS FOR THE LUXURIANT VEGETATION WHILE THE HIGHLY CHARGED ELECTRICAL AIR AND THE EVENNESS OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS MAY HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE GIANT GROWTH AND LONGEVITY OF ALL ANIMAL LIFE IN PLACES THE LEVEL VALLEY STRETCHED AWAY FOR MANY MILES IN EVERY DIRECTION THE SMOKY GOD IN ITS CLEAR WHITE LIGHT LOOKED CALMLY DOWN THERE WAS AN INTOXICATION IN ELECTRICALLY SURCHARGED AIR THAT FANNED THE CREEK AS SOFTLY AS A VANISHING WHISPER NATURE CHANTED A LULLABY IN THE FAINT MURMUR OF WINDS WHOSE BREATH WAS SWEET WITH THE FRAGRANCE OF BUTT AND BLOSSOM
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