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And very small are all their pleasant cities, and all men are known to one another therein, and bless one another by name as they meet in the streets. AND VERY SMALL ARE ALL THEIR PLEASANT CITIES AND ALL MEN ARE KNOWN TO ONE ANOTHER THEREIN AND BLESS ONE ANOTHER BY NAME AS THEY MEET IN THE STREETS
e lies a desert, for ever untroubled by man: all yellow it is, and spotted with shadows of stones, and Death is in it, like a leopard lying in the sun. To the south they are bounded by magic, to the west by a mountain, and to the north by the voice and anger of the Polar wind. Like a great wall is the mountain to the west. It comes up out of the distance and goes down into the distance again, and it is named Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean. To the northward red rocks, smooth and bare of soil, and without any speck of moss or herbage, slope up to the very lips of the Polar wind, and there is nothing else there by the noise of his anger. Very peaceful are the Inner Lands, and very fair are their cities, and there is no war among them, but quiet and ease. And they have no enemy but age, for thirst and fever lie sunning themselves out in the mid-desert, and never prowl into the Inner Lands. And the ghouls and ghosts, whose highway is the night, are kept in the south by the boundary of magic. A BEYOND THEM TO THE EAST THERE LIES A DESERT FOR EVER UNTROUBLED BY MAN ALL YELLOW IT IS AND SPOTTED WITH SHADOWS OF STONES AND DEATH IS IN IT LYING LIKE A LEOPARD IN THE SUN TO THE SOUTH THEY ARE BOUNDED BY MAGIC TO THE WEST BY A MOUNTAIN AND TO THE NORTH BY THE VOICE AND ANGER OF THE POLAR WIND LIKE A GREAT WALL IS THE MOUNTAIN TO THE WEST IT COMES UP OUT OF THE DISTANCE AND GOES DOWN INTO THE DISTANCE AGAIN AND IT IS NAMED POULTARNESE BEHOLDER OF OCEAN TO THE NORTHWARD RED ROCKS SMOOTH AND BARE OF SOIL AND WITHOUT ANY SPECK OF MOSS OR HERBAGE SLOPE UP TO THE VERY LIPS OF THE POLAR WIND AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THERE BY THE NOISE OF HIS ANGER VERY PEACEFUL ARE THE INNER LANDS AND VERY FAIR ARE THEIR CITIES AND THERE IS NO WAR AMONG THEM BUT QUIET AND EASE AND THEY HAVE NO ENEMY BUT AGE FOR THIRST AND FEVER LIE SUNNING THEMSELVES OUT IN THE MID DESERT AND NEVER PROWL INTO THE INNER LANDS AND THE GHULS AND GHOSTS WHOSE HIGHWAYS THE NIGHT ARE KEPT IN THE SOUTH BY THE BOUNDARY OF MAGIC
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