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as   remote   as   those   in   the   earliest   annals   of   the   Chinese�察  �retained   much 

freshness   of   colour。    In   examining   this   collection�察  �two things   especially 

struck me�此� first�察�that the pictures said to be between 6000 and 7000 years 

old were of a much higher degree of art than any produced within the last 

3000   or   4000     years�察  �and�察  �second�察  �that   the   portraits   within   the   former 

period much more resembled our own upper world and European types of 

countenance。       Some   of   them�察  �indeed   reminded   me   of   the   Italian   heads 

which look out from the canvases of Titian´ speaking of ambition or craft�察�

of care or of grief�察�with furrows in which the passions have passed with 

iron ploughshare。        These were the countenances of men who had lived in 

struggle and conflict before the discovery of the latent forces of vril had 

changed the character of society´ men who had fought with each other for 

power or fame as we in the upper world fight。 

     The type of face began to evince a marked change about a thousand 

years after the vril revolution�察�becoming then�察�with each generation�察�more 

serene�察  �and   in   that   serenity   more   75terribly   distinct   from   the   faces   of 

labouring      and   sinful  men�察   �while    in  proportion    as   the  beauty    and   the 

grandeur of the countenance itself became more fully developed�察�the art of 

the painter became more tame and monotonous。 

     But the greatest curiosity in the collection was that of three portraits 

belonging to   the   pre´historical   age�察 �and�察  �according   to   mythical   tradition�察�

taken by the orders of a philosopher�察�whose origin and attributes were as 

much   mixed   up   with   symbolical   fable   as   those   of   an   Indian   Budh   or   a 

Greek Prometheus。 

     〃From  this   mysterious   personage�察  �at   once   a   sage   and   a   hero�察  �all   the 

principal sections of the Vril´ya race pretend to trace a common origin。 



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     The   portraits   are   of   the   philosopher   himself�察  �of   his   grandfather�察  �and 

great´grandfather。        They are all at full length。        The philosopher is attired 

in a long tunic which seems to form a loose suit of scaly armour�察�borrowed�察�

perhaps�察�from some fish or reptile�察�but the feet and hands are exposed�此�the 

digits   in   both   are   wonderfully   long�察  �and   webbed。        He   has   little   or   no 

perceptible   throat�察  �and   a low   receding   forehead�察  �not   at   all the   ideal   of   a 

sage's。     He has bright brown prominent eyes�察�a very wide mouth and high 

cheekbones�察       �and   a  muddy      complexion。        According       to  tradition�察   �this 

philosopher had lived to a patriarchal age�察�extending over many centuries�察�

and he remembered distinctly in middle life his grandfather as surviving�察�

and in childhood his great´grandfather�察�the portrait of the first he had taken�察�

or caused to be taken�察�while yet alive´ that of the latter was taken from his 

effigies in mummy。           The portrait of his grandfather had the features and 

aspect     of  the   philosopher�察    �only    much    more     exaggerated�此     �he  was    not 

dressed�察�and the colour of his body was singular�察�the breast and stomach 

yellow�察�the shoulders and legs of a dull bronze hue�此�the great´grandfather 

was a magnificent specimen of the Batrachian genus�察�a Giant Frog�察�'pur et 

simple。' 

     Among        the    pithy    sayings     which�察    �according       to   tradition�察   �the 

philosopher bequeathed to posterity in rhythmical form and 76sententious 

brevity�察�this is notably recorded�此 �Humble yourselves�察�my descendants�察�the 

father of your race was a 'twat' ��tadpole���此�exalt yourselves�察�my descendants�察�

for    it  was   the   same    Divine    Thought      which     created    your   father   that 

develops itself in exalting you。; 

     Aph´Lin   told   me   this   fable   while   I   gazed   on   the   three   Batrachian 

portraits。     I said in reply�此 �You make a jest of my supposed ignorance and 

credulity as an uneducated Tish�察�but though these horrible daubs may be of 

great   antiquity�察  �and   were   intended�察  �perhaps�察  �for   some   rude   caracature�察  �I 

presume   that   none   of   your   race   even   in   the   less   enlightened   ages�察  �ever 

believed      that   the   great´grandson        of   a   Frog    became      a   sententious 

philosopher�察�or that any section�察�I will not say of the lofty Vril´ya�察�but of 

the meanest varieties of the human race�察�had its origin in a Tadpole。; 

     ;Pardon   me�察─  �answered Aph´Lin�此   �in   what   we   call   the Wrangling   or 

Philosophical       Period    of  History�察   �which    was    at  its  height   about    seven 



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thousand years ago�察�there was a very distinguished naturalist�察�who proved 

to the satisfaction   of numerous disciples   such analogical   and   anatomical 

agreements in structure between an An and a Frog�察�as to show that out of 

the    one   must    have    developed      the  other。    They   had      some    diseases    in 

common�察  �they   were   both   subject   to   the   same   parasitical   worms   in   the 

intestines�察�and�察�strange to say�察�the An has�察�in his structure�察�a swimming´ 

bladder�察�no longer of any use to him�察�but which is a rudiment that clearly 

proves his descent from a Frog。               Nor is there any argument against this 

theory   to   be   found   in   the   relative   difference   of   size�察  �for   there   are   still 

existent in our world Frogs of a size and stature not inferior to our own�察�

and many thousand years ago they appear to have been still larger。; 

     ;I    understand      that�察─  �said    I�察  �because      Frogs    this   enormous       are�察�

according   to   our   eminent   geologists�察  �who   perhaps   saw   them   in   dreams�察�

said to have been distinguished inhabitants of the upper world before the 

Deluge�察�and such Frogs are exactly the creatures likely to have flourished 

in    the  lakes    and   morasses      of   your    subterranean      regions。     But     pray�察�

proceed。;   77   ;In   the   Wrangling   Period   of   History�察  �whatever   one   sage 

asserted another sage was sure to contradict。                 In fact�察�it was a maxim in 

that   age�察  �that   the   human   reason   could   only   be   sustained   aloft   by   being 

tossed to and   fro in the   perpetual motion of   contradiction�察�and therefore 

another sect of philosophers maintained the doctrine that the An was not 

the   descendant   of   the   Frog�察  �but   that   the   Frog   was   clearly   the   improved 

development   of   the   An。        The   shape   of   the   Frog�察  �taken   generally�察  �was 

much      more     symmetrical       than    that   of   the   An�察   �beside    the   beautiful 

conformation of its lower limbs�察�its flanks and shoulders the majority of 

the    Ana    in  that   day   were    almost     deformed�察     �and   certainly    ill´shaped。 

Again�察�the Frog had the power to live alike on land and in water´ a mighty 

privilege�察  �partaking   of   a   spiritual   essence   denied   to   the   An�察  �since   the 

disuse   of   his   swimming´bladder   clearly   proves   his   degeneration   from   a 

higher development of species。              Again�察�the earlier races of the Ana seem 

to have been covered with hair�察�and�察�even to a comparatively recent date�察�

hirsute bushes   deformed   the   very  faces of   our   ancestors�察  �spreading   wild 

over their cheeks and chins�察�as similar bushes�察�my poor Tish�察�spread wild 

over     yours。    But     the  object    of  the   higher    races    of  the   Ana    through 



                               

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