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he reflected。     And after a time he said�察�in a very earnest and solemn tone�察�

;If   you   think   as   you   say�察 �that  you�察   �though    a  stranger�察  �have   received 

kindness at the hands of me and   mine�察�I adjure you to reveal nothing to 

any other of our people respecting the world from which you came�察�unless�察�

on consideration�察�I give you permission to do so。                Do you consent to this 

request�拭─�

     28;Of course I pledge my word�察�to it�察─�said I�察�somewhat amazed�察�and I 

extended my right hand to grasp his。              But he placed my hand gently on 

his   forehead   and   his   own   right   hand   on   my  breast�察  �which   is   the   custom 

amongst this race in all matters of promise or verbal obligations。                     Then 

turning to his daughter�察�he said�察 �And you�察�Zee�察�will not repeat to any one 

what the stranger has said�察�or may say�察�to me or to you�察�of a world other 

than our own。; Zee rose and kissed her father on the temples�察�saying�察�with 

a smile�察 �A Gy's tongue is wanton�察�but love can fetter it fast。                And if�察�my 

father�察�you fear lest a chance word from me or yourself could expose our 

community to danger�察�by a desire to explore a world beyond us�察�will not a 



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wave of the 'vril��' properly impelled�察�wash even the memory of what we 

have heard the stranger say out of the tablets of the brain�拭─�

     ;What is the vril�拭─      �I asked。 

     Therewith       Zee   began     to   enter   into   an   explanation     of   which     I 

understood very little�察�for there is no word in any language I know which 

is   an   exact   synonym   for   vril。  I   should   call   it   electricity�察  �except   that   it 

comprehends in its manifold branches other forces of nature�察�to which�察�in 

our    scientific    nomenclature�察      �differing    names     are   assigned�察   �such    as 

magnetism�察�galvanism�察�&c。            These people consider that in vril they have 

arrived     at  the   unity   in   natural    energetic    agencies�察   �which     has   been 

conjectured by many philosophers above ground�察�and which Faraday thus 

intimates under the more cautious term of correlation�此� 

     ;I   have   long   held   an   opinion�察─  �says   that   illustrious   experimentalist�察�

;almost amounting to a conviction�察�in common�察�I believe�察�with many other 

lovers of natural knowledge�察�that the various forms under which the forces 

of matter are made manifest�察�have one common origin�察�or�察�in other words�察�

are so directly related and mutually dependent that they are convertible�察�as 

it were into one another�察�and possess equivalents of power in their action。; 

     29These subterranean philosophers assert that by one operation of vril�察�

which     Faraday     would    perhaps     call  'atmospheric     magnetism��'     they   can 

influence the variations of temperature´ in plain words�察�the weather�察�that 

by operations�察�akin to those ascribed to mesmerism�察�electro´biology�察�odic 

force�察  �&c。�察  �but   applied   scientifically�察  �through   vril   conductors�察  �they   can 

exercise   influence   over   minds�察  �and   bodies   animal   and   vegetable�察  �to   an 

extent not surpassed in the romances of our mystics。                To all such agencies 

they give the common name of vril。             Zee asked me if�察�in my world�察�it was 

not known that all the faculties of the mind could be quickened to a degree 

unknown in the waking state�察�by trance or vision�察�in which the thoughts of 

one brain could be transmitted to another�察�and knowledge be thus rapidly 

interchanged。       I replied�察�that there were amongst us stories told of such 

trance    or   vision�察  �and   that  I  had   heard    much    and    seen   something     in 

mesmeric       clairvoyance�察    �but   that  these   practices    had   fallen  much     into 

disuse or contempt�察�partly because of the gross impostures to which they 

had   been   made   subservient�察  �and   partly   because�察  �even   where   the   effects 



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upon certain abnormal constitutions were genuinely produced�察�the effects 

when   fairly   examined   and   analysed�察  �were   very  unsatisfactory´   not   to   be 

relied upon for any systematic truthfulness or any practical purpose�察�and 

rendered very mischievous to credulous persons by the superstitions they 

tended     to   produce。      Zee     received    my    answers      with   much     benignant 

attention�察�and said that similar instances of abuse and credulity had been 

familiar      to  their   own     scientific    experience      in   the   infancy     of   their 

knowledge�察�and while the properties of vril were misapprehended�察�but that 

she   reserved   further   discussion   on   this   subject   till   I   was   more   fitted   to 

enter into it。      She contented herself with adding�察�that it was through the 

agency of vril�察�while I had been placed in the state of trance�察�that I had 

been made acquainted with the rudiments of their language�察�and that she 

and   her   father�察  �who   alone   of   the   family�察  �30took   the   pains   to   watch   the 

experiment�察       �had   acquired      a  greater    proportionate       knowledge       of   my 

language   than       I   of   their   own�察  �partly   because   my   language   was   much 

simpler      than   theirs�察  �comprising      far  less   of  complex      ideas�察  �and   partly 

because their organisation was�察�by hereditary culture�察�much more ductile 

and   more   readily  capable   of  acquiring   knowledge  than   mine。              At   this   I 

secretly   demurred�察  �and   having   had   in   the   course   of   a   practical   life�察  �to 

sharpen my wits�察�whether at home or in travel�察�I could not allow that my 

cerebral organisation could possibly be duller than that of people who had 

lived   all   their   lives   by   lamplight。   However�察  �while   I   was   thus   thinking�察�

Zee quietly pointed her forefinger at my forehead�察�and sent me to sleep。 



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                            CHAPTER VIII。 



       When I once more awoke I saw by  my bed´side the child who had 

brought   the   rope   and   grappling´hooks   to   the  house  in   which   I   had   been 

first received�察�and which�察�as I afterwards learned�察�was the residence of the 

chief    magistrate      of  the   tribe。    The     child�察  �whose     name     was    Taee 

��pronounced Tar´ee���察�was the magistrate's eldest son。                I found that during 

my last sleep or trance I had made still greater advance in the language of 

the country�察�and could converse with comparative ease and fluency。 

     This   child   was   singularly   handsome�察  �even   for   the   beautiful   race   to 

which he belonged�察�with a countenance very manly in aspect for his years�察�

and   with   a   more   vivacious   and   energetic   expression   than   I   had   hitherto 

seen in the serene and passionless faces of the men。                 He brought me the 

tablet    on  which    I  had   drawn    the   mode    of  my    descent�察   �and   had   also 

sketched   the   head   of   the   horrible   reptile   that   had   scared   me   from   my 

friend's corpse。      Pointing to that part of the drawing�察�Taee put 31to me a 

few questions respecting the size and form of the monster�察�and the cave or 

chasm from which it had emerged。              His interest in my answers seemed so 

grave as to divert him for a while from any curiosity as to myself or my 

antecedents。      But to my great embarrassment�察�seeing how I was pledged 

to my host�察      �he was just beginning to ask me where I came from�察�when 

Zee�察    �fortunately ent

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