Volume I Part 30 (2/2)

To Jarl, no similar question was put; for he was sadly deficient in a taste for the picturesque But he cursorily observed, that in his blue-water opinion, Willa intercepted

And here it may be well to relate a co which, Sa a rusticity, and want of polish in his breeding It rather originated, however, in his not heeding the conventionalities of the strange people a whom he was thrown

The anecdote is not an epic; but here it is

Reclining in our arbor, we breakfasted upon a ly traced with blue veins, that it seein bosouest was a richly carved bowl and gourd, fruit and wine freighted also the empty hemisphere of a s Jarl scorned to ad in thewas a problem to him At once reminded of the morsel of Arvaroot in his mouth, a substitute for another sort of sedative then unattainable, he was instantly illu the purpose of the nut; and very complacently introduced each to the other; in the innocence of his ignoranceno doubt that he had acquitted hi intended as a place of teuests

The co Jarl,at all present with the utth, one of the horrified attendants, using two sticks for a forceps, disappeared with the obnoxious nut, Upon which, the ain forto the sea-side, he had eht the aboregious misadventure, calculated to do discredit to our party, and bring Media hi Jarl roundly to task He assured hiued but little brains to evince a desire to be thought fas; that however desirable as incidental attainments, conventionalities, in themselves, were the very least of arbitrary trifles; the knowledge of them, innate with no man ”Moreover Jarl,”

he added, ”in essence, conventionalities are but s, at which monkeys succeed best Hence, when you find yourself at a loss in these matters, wait patiently, and mark what the other ain a vast reputation as an accos, follow not the silly exa ait, and there finding certain custo through each other by way of a salutation;-- Karkeke, nevertheless, resolved to show no sign of es folded pensively, plumes interlocked across its chest, he off head; and stood obsequiously before it Staring at hi to itself, 'Ah, some terrestrial bumpkin, I fancy,' and passed on with its celestial nose in the highly rarified air But silly Karkeke undertaking to replace his head, found that it would no more stay on; but forever tu a salute; which calah all eternity is he punished for his folly, in having pretended to be wise, wherein he was ignorant Head under arm, he wanders about, the scorn and ridicule of the other world”

Our repast concluded,our presence at the House of the Morning Thither ent; journeying in sedans, sent across the hollow, for that purpose, by Donjalolo

CHAPTER LxxxII How Donjalolo, Sent Agents To The Surrounding Isles; With The Result

Ere recounting as beheld on entering the House of the Morning, soh so many of Donjalolo's days were consumed by sloth and luxury, there cahtfulness, when all his curiosity concerning the things of outer Mardi revived with augmented intensity In theseto Willaether with the icians, and wise s, which he could not behold for hiht him, that the various narrations he had heard, could not have been otherwise than unavoidably faulty; by reason that they had been principally obtained from the inhabitants of the countries described; who, very naturally, must have been inclined to partiality or uncandidness in their statements Wherefore he had very lately dispatched to the isles special agents of his own; honest of heart, keen of eye, and shrewd of understanding; to seek out every thing that pro the places they visited, and also to collect various speciht avail himself of the researches of others, and see with their eyes

But though two observers were sent to every one of the neighboring lands; yet each was to act independently; make his own inquiries; form his own conclusions; and return with his own specis of the other

It so calen, these pilgrims returned fro rand public reception

And it was to this, that our party had been invited, as related in the chapter preceding

In the great Paluished ht of the prince; his chiefs, attendants, and subjects assembled in the open colonnades without

When all was in readiness, in marched the co in a se, their numerous hampers were deposited at their feet

Donjalolo was now in high spirits, thinking of the rich store of reliable information about to be furnished

”Zu the foremost of the company, ”you and Varnopi were directed to explore the island of Rafona Proceed now, and relate all you know of that place Your narration heard, ill list to Varnopi”

With a profound inclination the traveler obeyed

But soon Donjalolo interrupted him ”What say you, Zuma, about the secret cavern, and the treasures therein? A very different account, this, from all I have heard hitherto; but perhaps yours is the true version Go on”

But very soon, poor Zuain interrupted by exclas

But when he had done, Donjalolo observed, that if from any cause Zuma was in error or obscure, Varnopi would not fail to set hiht

So Varnopi was called upon