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going up to the capital in a couple of hours�察�and as the skipper was a friend 

of   his   they   would   no   doubt   take   me   as   supercargo�察  �thereby   saving   the 

necessity of passenger fees�察�which was obviously a consideration with me。 

It was not altogether a romantic approach to the dungeon of an imprisoned 

beauty�察�but it was practical�察�which is often better if not so pleasant。                 So 

the offer was gladly closed with�察�and curling myself in a rug of foxskins�察�

for I was tired with much walking�察�sailors never being good foot´ gangers�察�

I slept soundly fill they came to tell me it was time to go on board。 

     The vessel was   more like a   canal barge than   anything else�察�lean and 

long�察�with the cargo piled in a ridge down the centre as farmers store their 

winter   turnips�察  �the   rowers   sitting   on   either   side   of   this   plying   oars   like 

dessert´spoons       with   long   handles�察   �while   they   chanted     a  monotonous 

cadence of monosyllables�此�

              Oh�察�ho�察�oh�察�

            Oh�察�ho�察�oh�察�

                    How high�察�how high。 

     and then again after a pause 

                     How high�察�how high 

            Oh�察�ho�察�oh�察�

            Oh�察�ho�察�oh。 

     the   which   was   infinitely   sleep´provoking   if   not   a   refrain   of   a   high 

intellectual order。 

     I   shut   my  eyes   as   we   pulled   away  from  the   wharfs   of that nameless 

emporium   and       picked    a  passage   through    a  crowd    of   quaint   shipping�察�

wondering where I was�察�and asking myself whether I was mentally rising 

equal   to   my   extraordinary   surroundings�察  �whether   I   adequately   appreci´ 

ated the immensity of my remove from those other seas on which I had 

last travelled�察�tiller´ropes in hand�察�piloting a captain's galley from a wharf。 

Good heavens�察�what would my comrades on my ship say if they could see 

me   now   steer´   ing   a   load   of   hairy   savages   up   one   of   those   waterways 

which our biggest telescopes magnify but to the thickness of an indication�拭�



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No�察�I was not rising equal to the oc´ casion�察�and could not。                     The human 

mind   is   of   but   limited   capacity   after   all�察  �and   such   freaks   of   fortune   are 

beyond its conception。           I knew I was where I was�察�but I knew I should 

probably never get the chance of telling of it�察�and that no one would ever 

believe me if I did�察�and I re´ signed myself to the inevitable with sullen 

acquiescence�察�smothering the wonder that might have been overwhelming 

in passing interests of the moment。 

     There is little to record of that voyage。             We passed through a fleet of 

Ar´hap's   warships�察 �empty  and   at   anchor   in   double line�察 �serviceable  half´ 

decked cutters�察�built of solid timber�察�not pumpkin rind it was pleasant to 

notice�察  �and   then   the   town   dropped   away   as   we   proceeded   up   a   stream 

about   as   broad   as   the   Hudson   at   its   widest�察  �and   profusely   studded   with 

islands。     This water was bitterly salt and joined an´ other sea on the other 

side of the Martian continent。             Yet it had a pronounced flow against us 

eastward�察�this tide running for three spring months and being followed�察�I 

learned�察�as ocean temperatures varied�察�by a flow in the opposite direction 

throughout the summer。 

     Just    at  present    the  current    was    so  strong    eastwards�察    �the   moisture 

beaded   upon   my   rowers'   tawny   hides   as   they   strug´   gled   against   it�察  �and 

their   melancholy   song   dawdled   in   ;linked   sweetness   long   drawn   out�察─�

while the swing of their oars grew longer and longer。                    Truly it was very 

hot�察�far hotter than was usual for the season�察�these men declared�察�and pos´ 

sibly  this   robbed   me   of   my   wonted   energy�察  �and   you�察  �gentle   reader�察  �of   a 

description of all the strange things we passed upon that highway。 

     Suffice it to say we spent a scorching afternoon�察�the greater part of a 

stifling night moored under a mud´bank with a grove of trees on top from 

which gigantic fire´flies hung as though the place were illuminated for a 

garden   fete�察  �and   then�察  �rowing   on   again   in   the   comparatively   cool   hours 

before dawn�察�turned into a backwater at cock´crow。 

     The   skipper   of   our   cargo   boat   roused   me   just   as   we   turned�察  �putting 

under my sleepy nostrils a handful of toasted beans on a leaf�察�and a small 

cup   full   of   something      that   was   not   coffee�察  �but   smelt   as   good   as   that 

matutinal beverage always does to the tired traveller。 

     Over   our   prow   was   an   immense   arch   of   foliage�察  �and   under´   neath   a 



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long   arcade   of   cool   black   shadows�察  �sheltering   still   water�察  �till   water   and 

shadow  suddenly  ended   a quarter   of   a   mile   down   in   a   patch   of   brilliant 

colour。     It was as peaceful as could be in the first morning light�察�and to 

me over all there was the inexpressible attraction of the unknown。 

     As   our   boat   slipped   silently  forward   up   this   leafy  lane�察  �a   thin   white 

;feather; in her mouth alone breaking the steely surface of the stream�察�the 

men   rested   from   their   work   and   began�察  �as   sailors   will�察  �to   put   on   their 

shore´going clothes�察�the while they chatted in low tones over the profits of 

the voyage。       Overhead flying squirrels were flitting to and fro like bats�察�

or shelling fruit whereof the husks fell with a pleasant splash about us�察�and 

on one bank a couple of early mothers were washing their babies�察�whose 

smothered protests were almost the only sound in this morning world。 

     Another silent dip or two of the oars and the colour ahead crystallised 

into   a   town。   If   I   said   it   was   like   an African   village   on   a   large   scale�察  �I 

should probably give you the best description in the fewest words。                       From 

the very water's edge up to the crown of a low hill inland�察�extended a mass 

of   huts   and   wooden   buildings�察  �embowered   and   partly   hidden   in   bright 

green   foliage�察  �with   here   and   there   patches   of   millet�察  �or   some   such   food 

plant�察�and the flowers that grow everywhere so abundantly in this country。 

It was all Arcadian and peaceful enough at the moment�察�and as we drew 

near the men were just coming out to the quays along the har´ bour front�察�

the streets filling and the town waking to busy life。 

     A turn to the left through a watergate defended by towers of wood and 

mud�察�and we were in the city 
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