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       As we walked back to the town�察�Taee took a new and circuitous way�察�

in   order   to   show   me   what�察  �to   use   a   familiar   term�察  �I   will   100call   the 

'Station��'     from    which     emigrants      or   travellers    to   other    communities 

commence their journeys。             I had�察�on a former occasion�察�expressed a wish 

to   see   their   vehicles。    These   I   found   to   be   of   two   kinds�察  �one   for   land 

journeys�察�one for aerial voyages�此�the former were of all sizes and forms�察�

some   not larger  than   an   ordinary  carriage�察  �some   movable   houses   of   one 

story   and   containing   several   rooms�察  �furnished   according   to   the   ideas   of 

comfort      or   luxury    which    are   entertained     by   the   Vril´ya。    The     aerial 

vehicles   were   of light   substances�察 �not   the  least   resembling our   balloons�察�

but rather our boats and pleasure´vessels�察�with helm and rudder�察�with large 

wings or paddles�察�and a central machine worked by vril。                     All the vehicles 

both   for   land   or   air   were   indeed   worked   by   that   potent   and   mysterious 

agency。 

     I   saw   a   convoy   set   out   on   its   journey�察  �but   it   had   few   passengers�察�

containing       chiefly     articles    of   merchandise�察      �and    was     bound     to    a 

neighbouring community�察�for among all the tribes of the Vril´ya there is 

considerable       commercial       interchange。      I   may    here   observe�察    �that  their 

money   currency   does   not   consist   of   the   precious   metals�察  �which   are   too 

common among them for that purpose。                  The smaller coins in ordinary use 

are   manufactured   from   a   peculiar   fossil   shell�察  �the   comparatively   scarce 

remnant   of   some   very   early   deluge�察  �or   other   convulsion   of   nature�察  �by 

which a species has become extinct。                It is minute�察�and flat as an oyster�察�

and     takes   a  jewel´like    polish。    This    coinage     circulates    among     all  the 

tribes of the Vril´ya。         Their larger transactions are carried on much like 

ours�察  �by   bills   of   exchange�察  �and   thin   metallic   plates   which   answer   the 

purpose of our bank´notes。 

     Let me take this occasion of adding that the taxation among the tribe I 

became acquainted with was very considerable�察�compared with the amount 

of population。        But I never heard that any one grumbled at it�察�for it was 

devoted      to  purposes     of   universal    utility�察 �and   indeed     necessary     to  the 

civilisation of the tribe。        The cost of lighting so large a range of country�察�



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of   providing   101for   emigration�察  �of   maintaining   the   public   buildings   at 

which the various operations of national intellect were carried on�察�from the 

first   education   of   an   infant   to   the   departments   in   which   the   College   of 

Sages were perpetually trying new experiments in mechanical science�察�all 

these involved the necessity for considerable state funds。                   To these I must 

add   an   item   that   struck   me   as   very   singular。     I   have   said   that   all   the 

human   labour   required   by   the   state   is   carried   on   by   children   up   to   the 

marriageable        age。     For     this   labour    the    state   pays�察   �and    at  a   rate 

immeasurably   higher   than   our   own   remuneration   to   labour   even   in   the 

United States。       According to their theory�察�every child�察�male or female�察�on 

attaining the marriageable age�察�and there terminating the period of labour�察�

should have acquired enough for an independent competence during life。 

As�察�no matter what the disparity of fortune in the parents�察�all the children 

must equally serve�察�so all are equally paid according to their several ages 

or the nature of their work。          Where the parents or friends choose to retain 

a child in their own service�察�they must pay into the public fund in the same 

ratio as the state pays to the children it employs�察�and this sum is handed 

over to the child when the period of service expires。                 This practice serves�察�

no doubt�察  �to   render   the   notion   of   social   equality  familiar   and   agreeable�察�

and if it may be said that all the children form a democracy�察�no less truly it 

may     be   said   that   all  the   adults    form    an   aristocracy。     The     exquisite 

politeness and refinement of manners among the Vril´ya�察�the generosity of 

their   sentiments�察  �the   absolute   leisure   they   enjoy   for   following   out   their 

own private pursuits�察�the amenities of their domestic intercourse�察�in which 

they seem as members of one noble order that can have no distrust of each 

other's   word   or   deed�察  �all   combine   to   make   the   Vril´ya   the   most   perfect 

nobility which   a  political   disciple  of   Plato or   Sidney  could   conceive  for 

the ideal of an aristocratic republic。 102 



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       From the date of the expedition with Taee which I have just narrated�察�

the child paid me frequent visits。           He had taken a liking to me�察�which I 

cordially returned。       Indeed�察�as he was not yet twelve years old�察�and had 

not   commenced        the   course   of   scientific  studies   with   which    childhood 

closes in that country�察�my intellect was less inferior to his than to that of 

the elder members of his race�察�especially of the Gy´ei�察�and most especially 

of the accomplished Zee。           The children of the Vril´ya�察�having upon their 

minds the weight of so many active duties and grave responsibilities�察�are 

not   generally   mirthful�察  �but   Taee�察  �with   all   his   wisdom�察  �had   much   of   the 

playful good´humour one often finds the characteristic of elderly men of 

genius。     He   felt   that   sort   of   pleasure   in   my   society   which   a   boy   of   a 

similar age in the upper world has in the company of a pet dog or monkey。 

It amused him to try and teach me the ways of his people�察�as it amuses a 

nephew of mine to make his poodle walk on his hind legs or jump through 

a hoop。     I willingly lent myself to such experiments�察�but I never achieved 

the   success   of   the   poodle。   I   was   very   much   interested   at   first   in   the 

attempt to ply the wings which the youngest of the Vril´ya use as nimbly 

and   easily  as   ours   do   their   legs   and   arms�察  �but   my  efforts   were   attended 

with contusions serious enough to make me abandon them in despair。 

     These wings�察�as I before said�察�are very large�察�reaching to the knee�察�and 

in   repose   thrown   back so   as to   form  a   very  graceful   mantle。      They  are 

composed from the feathers of a gigantic bird that abounds in the rocky 

heights     of  the  country´    the  colour    mostly    white�察  �but   sometimes     with 

reddish   streaks。     They   are   fastened   round   the   shoulders   with   light   but 

strong springs of steel�察�and�察�when expanded�察�the arms slide through loops 

for that purpose�察�forming�察�as it were�察�a stout central membrane。                    As the 

arms are raised�察�a tubular lining beneath the vest or 103tunic becomes�察�by 

mechanical contrivance inflated with air�察�increased or diminished at   will 

by the movement of the arms�察�and serving to buoy the whole form as on 

bladders。      The  wings and   the  balloon´like  apparatus   are highly  charged 

with vril�察�and when the body is thus wafted upward�察�it seems to become 

singularly  lightened   of   its   weight。    I  found   it   easy  enough   to soar

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