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Then night came down over the plains of Tlun, and we saw the lights of Cappadarnia. We heard the Pathnites beating upon drums as we passed Imaut and Golzunda, then all but the helmsman slept. THEN NIGHT CAME DOWN OVER THE PLAINS OF TLOON AND WE SAW THE LIGHTS OF COPADARNIA WE HEARD THE PATHNIGHTS BEATING UPON DRUMS AS WE PASSED HIM OUT AND GOLZUNDA THEN ALL BUT THE HELMSMEN SLEPT
oond. 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. 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. 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 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
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