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you   shall   see   your   road。; And   right   well   that   quaint   barbarian   kept   his 

promise。 



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                             CHAPTER XIII 



     It   was   half   a   day's   march   from  those   glittering   snow´   fields   into   the 

low   country�察  �and   when   that   was   reached   I   found   myself   amongst   quite 

another people。 

     The land was no longer fat and flowery�察�giving every kind of produce 

for the asking�察�but stony for the most part�察�and�察�where we first came on 

vegetation�察  �overgrown   by   firs�察  �with   a   pine   which   looked   to   me   like   a 

species   which   went   to   make   the   coal   measures   in   my   dear   but   distant 

planet。    More than this I cannot say�察�for there are no places in the world 

like mess´room and quarter´deck for forgetting school learn´ ing。                   Instead 

of   the   glorious   wealth   of   parti´coloured   vege´   tation   my   eyes   had   been 

accustomed to lately�察�here they rested on infertile stretches of marshland 

intersected   by   moss´covered   gravel   shoots�察  �looking   as   though   they   had 

been pushed into the plains in front of extinct glaciers coming down from 

the region behind us。         On the low hills away from the sea those sombre 

evergreen forests with an undergrowth of moss and red lichens were more 

variegated   with   light   foliage�察  �and   indeed   the   pines   proved   to   be   but   a 

fringe    to  the   Arctic   ice�察 �giving    way   rapidly    to  more    typical   Martian 

vegetation each mile we marched to the southward。 

     As   for   the   inhabitants�察  �they   seemed�察  �like   my   guide�察  �rough�察  �uncouth 

fellows�察    �but   honest     enough     when     you    came    to   know     them。     An 

introduction�察  �however�察  �was   highly   desirable。         I   chanced   upon   the   first 

native   as   he   was   gathering   reindeer´   moss。     My   companion   was   some 

little way behind at the moment�察�and when   the gentle aborigine saw the 

stranger   he   stared   hard   for   a   moment�察  �then�察  �turning   on   his   heels�察  �with 

extraordinary swiftness flung at me half a pound of hard flint stone。                   Had 

his aim been a little more careful this humble narrative had never appeared 

on the Broadway bookstalls。            As it was�察�the pebble�察�missing my head by 

an inch or two�察�splintered into a hundred fragments on a rock behind�察�and 

while I was debating whether a revengeful rush at the slinger or a strategic 

advance   to     the  rear   were   more    advisable�察  �my   guide     called   out   to  his 

countryman 

     ;Ho�     �you   base    prowler    in  the   morasses�察    �you   eater   of   un´  clean 



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vegetation�察�do you not see this is a ghost I am con´ ducting�察�a dweller in 

the   ice   cliffs�察  �a   spirit   ten   thousand   years   old�拭  �Put   by   your   sling   lest   he 

wither you with a glance。;           And�察�very reasonably�察�surprised�察�the aborigine 

did as he was bid and cautiously advanced to inspect me。 

     The news soon spread over the countryside that my jewel´ hunter was 

bringing   a   live   ;spook;   along   with   him�察  �con´   siderable   curiosity   mixed 

with     an   awe    all  to  my    advantage      characterising      the   people    we    met 

thereafter。      Yet    the   won´    der   was    not   so  great    as  might     have    been 

expected�察  �for   these   people   were   accustomed   to   meeting   the   tags   of   lost 

races�察  �and   though   they   stared   hard�察  �their   interest   was   chiefly   in   hearing 

how�察�when�察�and where I had been found�察�whether I bit or kicked�察�or had 

any other vices�察�and if I possessed any commercial value。 

     My guide's throat must have ached with the repetition of the narrative�察�

but   as   he   made   the   story   redound   greatly   to   his   own   glory�察  �he   put   up 

cheerfully with the hoarseness。 In this way�察�walking and talking alternately�察�

we    travelled    during     daylight    through     a  country    which     slowly    lost   its 

rugged   features   and   became   more   and   more   inhabited�察  �the   hardy  people 

living    in  scattered    villages   in   contradiction      to   the  debased     city´loving 

Hither folk。 

     About nightfall we came to a sea´fishers' hamlet�察�where�察�after the old 

man   had   explained   my   exalted   nature   and   ven´   erable   antiquity�察  �I   was 

offered shelter for the night。 

     My   host   was   the   headman�察  �and   I   must   say   his   bearing   towards   the 

supernatural was most unaffected。               If it had been an Avenue hotel I could 

not have found more handsome treatment than in that reed´thatched hut。 

They made me wash and rest�察�and then were all agog for my history�察�but 

that I postponed�察�contenting myself with telling them I had been lately in 

Seth�察�and had come thence to see them via the ice valleyto all of which 

they   listened   with   the   simplicity   of   children。       Afterwards   I   turned   on 

them�察�and openly mar´ velled that so small a geographical distance as there 

was   between   that   land   and   this   could   make   so   vast   a   human   difference。 

;The truth�察�O dweller in blue shadows of primordial ice�察�is�察─�said the most 

intelligent of the Thither folk as we sat over fried deer´steak in his hut that 

evening�察 �we who are MEN�察�not Peri´zad�察�not overstayed fairies like those 



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you have been amongst�察�are newcomers here on this shore。                    We came but 

a few generations ago from where the gold curtains of the sun lie behind 

the   westward   pine´trees�察  �and   as   we   came   we   drove�察  �year   by   year�察  �those 

fays�察�those spent triflers�察�back before us。            All this land was theirs once�察�

and more and more towards our old home。                   You may still see traces of 

harbours dug and cities built thousands of years ago�察�when the Hither folk 

were living men and women not their shadows。                   The big water outside 

stops us for a space�察�but�察─�he added�察�laughing gruffly and taking a draught 

of a strong beer he had been heating by the fire�察 �King Ar´hap has their 

pretty noses between his fingers�察�he takes tribute and girls while he gets 

readythey say he is nearly ready this summer�察�and if he is�察�it will not be 

much of an excuse he will need to lick up the last of those triflers�察�those 

pretences of manhood。; 

     Then we fell to talking of Ar´hap�察�his subjects and town�察�and I learned 

the tides had swept me a long way to the north
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