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Rh this, and passed my hand quickly over my head. She went on, that I was fortunate to have recovered so soon, for she knew that that there were more invitations to gatherings in store for me than I could possibly attend. However, she believed that I would be able to enjoy myself, and see a lot of Neuroomia and its people. She here suggested, if I felt inclined to walk, "that we go round the balcony to the front of the house." Of course I consented, and beheld a scene that was pleasing in the highest degree, for Yeyema's house was situated on a high hill overlooking the sea and adjacent territory. I could now see that Tehana was built on the head of a promontory that went some distance out into the water, out of which the tops of the hills rose, many of them to a great height, forming precipitous islets, very rugged, but, at the same time, very picturesque. There was the great city itself, with its circular streets, gently rising amid the foliage in the form of terraces, and the glorious Polar Fountain, with its everlasting rainbows in the centre. I gazed for some time at this picture, then said that I thought it even more lovely than Atazatlan and its surroundings.

"Yes," she answered, "Tehana is not only the