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Rh an insatiable thirsty, this glimpse of another world, and I became unconscious of the surroundings.

"I see a city," I absently exclaimed, and was startled by the sound of my own voice.

"Take good note of it," he said, letting go the instrument, "for it will soon pass away, as the planet is revolving."

These remarks of his awakened me from my stupor. But I did not shift my gaze, for, most wonderful of all, there were human beings. How fair and happy they looked in their enchanting world! How I longed to be with them, and felt inclined to rush through the instrument to get there. There were lovely children, and men and women in their prime, but no aged among them. No chilling snows or glaciers on their lofty mountains, and there could be no depressing heat in their fairy-like valleys, for the inhabitants looked so healthy and cool. They wandered along their rivers and streams, while on the banks of the lakes I could distinguish many dwellings. I could also see, in the groves, along the hillsides, and between the shining waters, the many edifices of the city.

But it passed away, and mountains and forests again took its place. Such enormous forests! how they swarmed with animal life, and what