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Then the sailors lighted lanterns and hung them round the ship, and the light flashed out on a sudden and dazzled Yann, and the ducks that fed along his marshy banks all suddenly arose, and made wide circles in the upper air, and saw the distant reaches of the Yann and the white mist that softly cloaked the jungle, before they returned again to their marshes. And then the sailors knelt on the decks and prayed, not all together, but five or six at a time. THEN THE SAILORS LIGHTED LANTERNS AND HUNG THEM ROUND THE SHIP AND THE LIGHT FLASHED OUT ON A SUDDEN AND DAZZLED YAWN AND THE DUCKS THAT FED ALONG HIS MARSHY BANKS ALL SUDDENLY AROSE AND MADE WIDE CIRCLES IN THE UPPER AIR AND SAW THE DISTANT REACHES OF THE YAWN AND THE WHITE MIST THAT SOFTLY CLOAKED THE JUNGLE BEFORE THEY RETURNED AGAIN TO THEIR MARSHES AND THEN THE SAILORS KNELT ON THE DECKS AND PRAYED NOT ALTOGETHER BUT FIVE OR SIX AT A TIME
could never since recall. And sometimes my dreams took me as far as Pungar Vees, the red walled city where the fountains are, which trades with the Isles and Thul. When I said this they complimented me upon the abode of my fancy, saying that, though they had never seen these cities, such places might well be imagined. For the rest of that evening I bargained with the captain over the sum that I should pay him for any fare if God and the tide of Yann should bring us safely as far as the cliffs by the sea, which are named Bar-Wul-Yann, the Gate of Yann. And now the sun had set, and all the colours of the world and heaven had held a festival with him, and slipped one by one away before the imminent approach of night. The parrots had all flown home to the jungle on either bank, the monkeys in rows in safety on high branches of the trees were silent and asleep, the fireflies in the deeps of the forest were going up and down, and the great stars came gleaming out to look on the face of Yann.  GODS ONCE SPOKE IN ANGER AND COULD NEVER SINCE RECALL AND SOMETIMES MY DREAMS TOOK ME AS FAR AS PUNGARVIS THE RED WALLED CITY WHERE THE FOUNTAINS ARE WHICH TRADES WITH THE ISLES AND THUOL WHEN I SAID THIS THEY COMPLIMENTED ME UPON THE ABODE OF MY FANCY SAYING THAT THOUGH THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THESE CITIES SUCH PLACES MIGHT WELL BE IMAGINED FOR THE REST OF THAT EVENING I BARGAINED WITH THE CAPTAIN OVER THE SUM THAT I SHOULD PAY HIM FOR ANY FARE IF GOD AND THE TIDE OF YON SHOULD BRING US SAFELY AS FAR AS THE CLIFFS BY THE SEA WHICH ARE NAMED BAR YAN THE GATE OF YAN AND NOW THE SUN HAD SET AND ALL THE COLORS OF THE WORLD IN HEAVEN HAD HELD A FESTIVAL WITH HIM AND SLIPPED ONE BY ONE AWAY FROM THE IMMINENT APPROACH OF NIGHT THE PARROTS HAD ALL FLOWN HOME TO THE JUNGLE ON EITHER BANK FOR MONKEYS AND ROSE IN SAFETY ON HIGH BRANCHES OF THE TREES WERE SILENT AND ASLEEP THE FIREFLIES IN THE DEEPS OF THE FOREST WERE GOING UP AND DOWN AND THE GREAT STARS CAME GLEAMING OUT TO LOOK ON THE FACE OF JAN
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