Volume II Part 5 (1/2)
CHAPTER X Kohl Tells Of One Ravoo, And They Land To Visit Revaneva, A Flourishi+ng Artisan
Having seen all worth viewing in Yaation of the island, by returning to U, we passedwhich, Mohi, as usual, was very diffuse
As pointed out, were certain little altars, like ht bluffs, running out into the lagoon Dedicated respectively to the guardian spirits of Maramma, these altars formed a chain of spiritual defenses; and here were presuilant of warders; dread Hivohitee, all by hinable interior
But these sentries were only subalterns, subject to the beck of the Pontiff; who frequently sent word to the the duties of their watch His mandates were intrusted to one Ravoo, the hereditary pontifical -limbed varlet, so swift of foot, that he was said to travel like a javelin ”Art thou Ravoo, that thou so pliest thy legs?” say these islanders, to one encountered in a hurry
Hivohitee's postman held no oral communication with the sentries
Dispatched round the island with divers bits of tappa, hieroglyphically sta a stone, to keep the missive in its place; and so went his rounds
Now, his route lay over hill and over dale, and over many a coral rock; and to preserve his feet from bruises, he was fain to wear a sort of buskin, or boot, fabricated of a durable tappa, hest of fibers As he never wore his buskins except when he carried the h it would have been highly i more endurable, therefore, and, at intervals, to cool his heated pedals, he established a series of stopping-places, or stages; at each of which a fresh pair of buskins, hanging froenious traveler Those relays of boots were exceedingly convenient; next, indeed, to being lifted upon a fresh pair of legs
”Now, to what purpose that anecdote?” demanded Babbalanja of Mohi, who in substance related it
”Marry! 'tis but the simple recital of a fact; and I tell it to entertain the co you know of?”
”Thou art wise, find out,” retorted Braid-Beard ”But what comes of it?” persisted Babbalanja
”Beshrew ht else, it seerin or two”
”And pray, whatat, philosopher?” interrupted Media
”I as; the mystery that lieth beyond; the elehter provoketh; that which is beneath the seey oyster I probe the circle's center; I seek to evolve the inscrutable”
”Seek on; and when aught is found, cry out, that weis itations seem foolishness But believe ht of than to be seen There is a world of wonders insphered within the spontaneous consciousness; or, as old Bardianna hath it, a mystery within the obvious, yet an obviousness within the mystery”
”And did I ever deny that?” said Media
”As plain as my hand in the dark,” said Mohi
”I dreah; I a upon the deep world wherein I live I a to invest sublunary sounds with celestial sense Much that is in me is incommunicable by this ether we breathe But I bla round him his mantle, Babbalanja retired into its ht of Uma, we put into a little bay, to pay our respects to Hevaneva, a fa; who, assisted byidols for the surrounding isles
Know ye, that all idols not made in Marams of teeth paid down for to Hevaneva; are of no s, stocks, or stones Yet does not the cunning artificerbut the vassal of the Pontiff, the latter lays clai Leo's share of the spoils, and secures it
The place was very prettily lapped in a pleasant dell, nigh to the in of the water; and here, were several spacious arbors; wherein, prostrate upon their sacred faces, were all e of statuary develop their tools;--so forfor ears: a hole drilled straight through the occiput, representing the auricular organs