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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... 217 CHAPTER XIV. PHANTASMAGORIA. Astrologos. I have seen men and women, hats and petticoats; I have seen boys that lived upon pure intellect; I have seen girls that lived on simple impudence; Dogs are, I think, superior to humanity. Alouette. They don't talk nonsense and conceive it sense, papa. The Comedy of Dreams. TT7HERE to sleep? It was a question ' that never need worry one in Mars. The veriest pauper cannot starve with pyrogen in both air and water, with fruit and flowers that are full of sustenance. At the same time, it is rather pleasant to get into quiet quarters, and this was my idea on the present occasion. My canine friend seemed quite to comprehend what I wanted. He went along the side of the lake at a canter, with tail erect, turning round at intervals to invite me forward, and assure me that I should not regret following his lead. Always a believer in dogs, I took him at his word, and was in no degree surprised when I found myself at the door of a thorough tavern snuggery, which bore the name of The Hut, and was niched into the granite wall around this marvellous lake--this wilder Wastwater of Mars. Big Dog and I walked up to the door. The innkeeper grinned at us as if he loved us, and suggested lake trout for supper. There must, I suppose, be an Ireland in Mars, for this man was as decided an Irishman as if he had kissed the Blarney stone. And, ochone! his wife and his daughter! Now his wife couldn't be more than thirty: and his daughter was about fifteen: a strapping creature for the age; and, good faith, they were like two sisters. I had my lake trout for supper, and after it a rump steak, with oyster sauce. I have, I think, already mentioned that Mars oysters invariably contain pearls, but I forget whether I remarked that oysters are a...
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