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Relatively speaking, it is no thicker than an egg shell, so that there is almost as much surface on the "inside" as on the "outside" of the earth. RELATIVELY SPEAKING IT IS NO THICKER THAN AN EGG SHELL SO THAT THERE IS ALMOST AS MUCH SURFACE ON THE INSIDE AS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH
 of that time we had learned to speak fairly well the language of this strange race of people. Our instructors, Jules Galdea and his wife, exhibited a patience that was truly commendable. One day an envoy from the Ruler at "Eden" came to see us, and for two whole days my father and myself were put through a series of surprising questions. They wished to know from whence we came, what sort of people dwelt "without," what God we worshiped, our religious beliefs, the mode of living in our strange land, and a thousand other things. The compass which we had brought with us attracted especial attention. My father and I commented between ourselves on the fact that the compass still pointed north, although we now knew that we had sailed over the curve or edge of the earth's aperture, and were far along southward on the "inside" surface of the earth's crust, which, according to my father's estimate and my own, is about three hundred miles in thickness from the "inside" to the "outside" surface. R AN ENTIRE YEAR BY THE END OF THAT TIME WE HAD LEARNED TO SPEAK FAIRLY WELL THE LANGUAGE OF THIS STRANGE RACE OF PEOPLE OUR INSTRUCTORS JULES GAUDIA AND HIS WIFE EXHIBITED A PATIENCE THAT WAS TRULY COMMENDABLE ONE DAY AN ENVOY FROM THE RULER EDEN CAME TO SEE US AND FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS MY FATHER AND MYSELF WERE PUT THROUGH A SERIES OF SURPRISING QUESTIONS THEY WISHED TO KNOW FROM WHENCE WE CAME WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE DWELT WITHOUT WHAT GOD WE WORSHIPPED OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THE MODE OF LIVING IN OUR STRANGE LAND AND A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS THE COMPASS WHICH WE HAD BROUGHT WITH US ATTRACTED ESPECIAL ATTENTION MY FATHER AND I COMMENTED BETWEEN OURSELVES ON THE FACT THAT THE COMPASS STILL POINTED NORTH ALTHOUGH WE NOW KNEW THAT WE HAD SAILED OVER THE CURVE OF THE EDGE OF THE EARTH'S APERTURE AND WERE FAR ALONG SOUTHWARD ON THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH'S CRUST WHICH ACCORDING TO MY FATHER'S ESTIMATE AND MY OWN IS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED MILES IN THICKNESS FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE SURFACE
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