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66 interest going on. I noticed, however, when I entered with my companion, that I was attracting attention, but all here were of the highest type of the people, they were evidently too well bred to take any marked notice of me.

My companion now said that he would take me to the department of science and arts in another building hard by. So for the first time since entering this building, I was again in the open air. Being now outside I ventured to address the Recorder. I asked him how long I had slept, and he replied, "You slept two days and three nights." "But," I said, "I have never seen night in this curious country yet." "No," he replied, "that is true, but you must remember that you have not been awake any night since you arrived." Then I asked,—"How is it that the inside of these buildings is so light while there are no visible windows?" "That is arranged by a series of reflectors placed on the roof which transmit the light to the ceilings, and the ceilings reflect it down towards the floor. The ceilings are