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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 entered�察�and�察�overhearing him�察�said�察 �Taee�察�give to                 our 

guest any information he may desire�察�but ask none from him                       in return。 

To question him who he is�察�whence he comes�察�or                    wherefore he is here�察�

would   be   a   breach   of   the   law   which   my   father   has   laid   down   in   this 

house。; 

     ;So   be   it�察─  �said   Taee�察  �pressing   his   hand   to   his   breast�察  �and   from   that 

moment�察  �till   the   one   in   which   I   saw   him   last�察  �this   child�察  �with   whom   I 

became   very   intimate�察  �never   once   put   to   me   any   of   the   questions   thus 

interdicted。 



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                              CHAPTER IX。 



       It was not for some time�察�and until�察�by repeated trances�察�if they are to 

be so called�察�my  mind became better prepared to interchange ideas  with 

my entertainers�察�and more fully to comprehend differences of manners and 

customs�察�at first too strange to my experience to be seized by my reason�察�

that I was enabled to gather the following details respecting the origin and 

history of the subterranean population�察�as portion of one great family race 

called the Ana。 

     According to the earliest traditions�察�the remote progenitors of the race 

had    once    tenanted    a  world    above    the  surface    of  that   in  which    their 

descendants   dwelt。       Myths   of   that    world   were   still   preserved   in   their 

archives�察�and in those myths were legends of a vaulted dome in which the 

lamps      were    lighted    by   no   human      hand。     But    such    legends     were 

considered   by   most   commentators   as   allegorical   fables。          According   to 

these traditions the earth 32itself�察�at the date to which the traditions ascend�察�

was   not   indeed   in   its   infancy�察  �but   in   the   throes   and   travail   of   transition 

from   one   form   of   development   to   another�察  �and   subject   to   many   violent 

revolutions   of   nature。     By   one   of   such   revolutions�察  �that   portion   of   the 

upper world inhabited by the ancestors of this race had been subjected to 

inundations�察�not rapid�察�but gradual and uncontrollable�察�in which all�察�save a 

scanty remnant�察�were submerged and perished。                  Whether this be a record 

of our historical and sacred Deluge�察�or of some earlier one contended for 

by   geologists�察  �I   do   not   pretend   to   conjecture�察  �though�察  �according   to   the 

chronology of this people as compared with that of Newton�察�it must have 

been   many   thousands   of   years   before   the   time   of   Noah。     On   the   other 

hand�察�the account of these writers does not harmonise with the  opinions 

most   in   vogue   among   geological   authorities�察  �inasmuch   as   it   places   the 

existence     of   a  human     race   upon    earth  at  dates   long    anterior   to  that 

assigned      to  the   terrestrial   formation     adapted     to  the   introduction     of 

mammalia。        A band of the ill´fated race�察�thus invaded by the Flood�察�had�察�

during the march of the waters�察�taken refuge in caverns amidst the loftier 

rocks�察�and�察�wandering through these hollows�察�they lost sight of the upper 

world forever。       Indeed�察�the whole face of the earth had been changed by 



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this great revulsion�察�land had been turned into sea´ sea into land。                   In the 

bowels   of   the   inner   earth�察  �even   now�察  �I   was   informed   as   a   positive   fact�察�

might   be   discovered   the   remains   of   human   habitation´   habitation   not   in 

huts   and   caverns�察 �but   in   vast   cities   whose   ruins   attest   the   civilisation   of 

races which flourished before the age of Noah�察�and are not to be classified 

with   those   genera   to   which   philosophy   ascribes   the   use   of   flint   and   the 

ignorance of iron。 

     The fugitives had carried with them the knowledge of the arts they had 

practised   above   ground´   arts   of   culture   and   civilisation。      Their   earliest 

want must have been that of supplying below the earth the light they had 

lost above it�察�and at no time�察�even in the traditional period�察�do the races�察�of 

which the one I now sojourned with formed a tribe�察�seem to have 33been 

unacquainted with the art of extracting light from gases�察                 �or manganese�察�

or    petroleum。     They      had   been    accustomed      in  their    former     state  to 

contend with the rude forces of nature�察�and               indeed the lengthened battle 

they had fought with their           conqueror Ocean�察�which had taken centuries 

in its spread�察�had       quickened their skill in curbing waters into dikes and 

channels。        To this skill they owed their preservation in their new abode。 

;For    many     generations�察─    �said   my   host�察  �with   a  sort  of   contempt     and 

horror�察 �these primitive forefathers are said to have                degraded their rank 

and shortened their lives by eating the              flesh of animals�察�many varieties 

of which had�察�like themselves�察           �escaped the Deluge�察�and sought shelter in 

the hollows of the        earth�察�other animals�察�supposed to be unknown to the 

upper world�察      �those hollows themselves produced。; 

     When      what    we   should    term    the  historical    age   emerged     from    the 

twilight     of   tradition�察  �the   Ana    were    already     established     in  different 

communities�察�and had attained to a degree of civilisation very analogous to 

that which the more advanced nations above the earth now enjoy。           

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