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And often and again they stopped in their merry dances and prayed to the God they knew not, saying, "O, God that we know not, we thank Thee for sending the thunder back to his hills." AND OFTEN AND AGAIN THEY STOPPED IN THEIR MERRY DANCES AND PRAYED TO THE GOD THEY KNEW NOT SAYING O GOD THAT WE KNOW NOT WE THANK THEE FOR SENDING THE THUNDER BACK TO HIS HILLS
, I went ashore alone. Certainly Perdóndaris was a powerful city; it was encompassed by a wall of great strength and altitude, having in it hollow ways for troops to walk in, and battlements along it all the way, and fifteen strong towers on it in every mile, and copper plaques low down where men could read them, telling in all the languages of those parts of the earth--one language on each plaque--the tale of how an army once attacked Perdóndaris and what befell that army. Then I entered Perdóndaris and found all the people dancing, clad in brilliant silks, and playing on the tambang as they danced. For a fearful thunderstorm had terrified them while I slept, and the fires of death, they said, had danced over Perdóndaris, and now the thunder had gone leaping away large and black and hideous, they said, over the distant hills, and had turned round snarling at them, shoving his gleaming teeth, and had stamped, as he went, upon the hilltops until they rang as though they had been bronze. NG UNABLE TO WAKE THE CAPTAIN I WENT ASHORE ALONE CERTAINLY PREDONDERAS WAS A POWERFUL CITY IT WAS ENCOMPASSED BY A WALL OF GREAT STRENGTH AND ALTITUDE HAVING IN IT HOLLOW WAYS FOR TROOPS TO WALK IN AND BATTLEMENTS ALONG IT ALL THE WAY AND FIFTEEN STRONG TOWERS ON IT IN EVERY MILE AND COPPER PLACKS LOW DOWN WHERE MEN COULD READ THEM TELLING IN ALL THE LANGUAGES OF THOSE PARTS OF THE EARTH ONE LANGUAGE ON EACH PLAQUE THE TALE OF HOW AN ARMY ONCE ATTACKED PREDONDERUS AND WHAT BEFELL THAT ARMY THEN I ENTERED PREDONUS AND FOUND ALL THE PEOPLE DANCING CLAD IN BRILLIANT SILKS AND PLAYING ON THE TAMBANG AS THEY DANCED FOR A FEARFUL THUNDERSTORM HAD TERRIFIED THEM WHILE I SLEPT AND THE FIRES OF DEATH THEY SAID HAD DANCED OVER PREDONDERAS AND NOW THE THUNDER HAD GONE LEAPING AWAY LARGE AND BLACK AND HIDEOUS THEY SAID OVER THE DISTANT HILLS AND HAD TURNED ROUND SNARLING AT THEM SHOWING HIS GLEAMING TEETH AND HAD STAMPED AS HE WENT UPON THE HILL TOPS UNTIL THEY RANG AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN BRONZE
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