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246 not seen a single factory or shipyard anywhere. I asked the Recorder where these great mechanical wonders and these great fleets were made. He said:—"My son, in your day you established your factories where fuel was cheapest and most plentiful. We carry out exactly the same plan. As I told you, we do work by the concentrated heat of the sun. So we establish all factories that use heat where the sun's heat is strongest, that is in what your geographers called the tropics. It is there all this work is carried out, as you shall see when we go on our travels."

After a short stay with his family, extending in all to but a few hours, the Recorder said he could not remain longer, as he must get back to his office, having been now many days absent. I was now for the first time left alone with the ladies. They were most kind and attentive to me. I was taken out for long walks, or rather flights; and we visited a number of their lady friends. In many of these visits, I was made aware of the fact that even the ladies of the