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Rh I answered, "Very much indeed; but what buoyant water you have."

"Oh!" he replied, "the water has just the same specific gravity as it ever had, which remains constant; but the force of intelligence that now reigns has made your body like ours, very light. But, my Specimen, I shall explain all these matters to you later on." Then he looked at me in a kindly searching way, and continued:—

"You have large digestive organs; do you not hunger?"

This caused me to think when I had last partaken of food, and I answered,—"By your account it must be more than three thousand years since I have had aught to eat."

"Yes," he said, smiling, "it must be more than that; but still, Specimen, you have these organs, which are large ones, and until they have been reduced to modern dimensions, it is well that you should partake slightly of food, so follow me!"

He moved towards the end of the bathroom,