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LIBER LI
T H E L O S T
CONTINENT

By Aleister Crowley
L REBI LI. T HE L OST C ONTINENT . nA tnuocca fo eht tnenitnoC fo
Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of its
,elpoep rehtegot htiw a eurt tnuocca fo ehtrtsatac ,ehpo os, dellac
which ended in its disappearance.
The Blue Equinox .
suoremuN rehto ,smeop syasse dna trohs seirots erew nettirw gnirud
this summer [1913]. In particular there is a sort of novel, ehT tsoL
Continent , purporting to give an account of the ci noitazilivf o
Atlantis. I sometimes feels that this lacks artistic unity. At times it
si a citsatnaf ydospahr gnibircsed ym slaedi fo naipotU ;yteicos tub
emos segassap era a eritas no eht snoitidnoc fo ruo g nitsixe
,noitazilivic elihw srehto yevnoctnih s fo niatrec dnuoforp lacigam
s, nssoteieit rr afcer p.oevoniesoicccinsteinidacs
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley.
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THE LOST CONTINENT

ts arLaey I snaewso hdoc eteel cbecahurtseKnev —— Z —— who had it in his mind
to die, that is, to join evah I dna ,sitnaltA fo srieH neveS eht fo eno sa ,suneV ni mehT
neeb detnioppa ot ,eralced os raf sa yam eb dnuof ,elbissop eht hturt tuobat aht
suoiretsym tsol .dnal fO esruoc on erom naht eno htneves fo eht modsiw sir eve
dedifnoc ot yna eno fo ehtveS ,ne dna eht neveS teem ni licnuoc tub ecno niy reve
thirty - eerht ,sraey tub sti noitavreserp si deetnaraug yb eht dekcolretni smetsysf o
eafxloipmrtlomsTaseeh“itrlepn a f rsn;e t poia fmbr“ oyadna tryntie.droa” unm e i”n g
the latter is almost inconceivabl e to normal men. Its essence is to train a man to be
atnuyrtonitthfsthhi e einnyngdt,k, h e Ato ppiot ssi btee ta.trn oay hibtinyhmi i nngg
y bdelio snee bgniva htuohti wderetsa msuh ts ietisopp otah tdn a,etisopp ost ie bo ttuo
uts eht fo sruobal eht upon left learning early of impressions false the without and dent,
his mind.
I ,flesym rof ,elpmaxe dah ylgniwonknu neeb deniart ot drocer eseht snoitavresbo yb
eht efil fo a .ylfrettub llA ym snoisserpmi emoc raelc no eht tfos xaw fo ym ;niarb I
had nev re deirrow esuaceb eht hctarcs no eht xaw ni on yaw delbmeser eht dnuos ti
.detneserper nI rehto ,sdrow I devresbo yltcefrep esuaceb I reven wenk taht Is aw
.gn in vo r i , eot ., trst nueotru bl eotSnaoeolftyaeeyk iittih auwaict mopiiyylfaafppus
r oIcca nd.oe y iefyrot colttpeognihr nurtpaiocdcsed
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OF THE PLAINS BENEATH ATLAS, AND THE SERVILE RACE*
Atlas is the true name of this archipelago — continent is an altogether false term, for
,laru tsyawbnol l semt fo it rsukfa cawneipatn u”roeomsu oyhr“eve yrev netfo hguoht
.sya w, rw eo nt rsaaeracwhali TntrsAfiA tao oe hrfseo f m.feeohgtna r tI sa we heturt
Atlas that supported the ancient world by its moral and magical strength, and hence
eb odle gl e befmeahoahftnt - bearer. The root is the Lemurian: T la or, salT rof ,kcalb ,
reasons which will appear in due course. “A” is the feminine prefix, derived from the
shape of the mouth when uttering the sound. “Black woman” is therefore as near a
translation as one can give in English; the Latin has a closer equivalent.
ehT sniatnuom era tuc ,ffo ton ylno morf hcae rehto yb eht slennahc fo eht ,aes tub
from the plains at their feet by cliffs natural or artificial smoothed and undercut for at
.elbis s , tyosr ey et ps endrnertmeeodiieofisicktrsvhacaoeteaml
These plains had been made flat by generations of labour. Vines and fruit - seert
gniworg ylno no eht reppu ,sepols yeht erew detoved yllapicnirp ot ,nroc dna ot ssarg
pastures for the amphibian herds of Atlas. This corn was of a kind now unknown,
flourish ing in sea - ,retaw dna eht lacidoirepdoolf - se ddietvre seht e meassopru psa eht
eliN ni .tpygE suomronE gnitaolf segats fo ygnopskcor — on seert fo yna dnik werg
erehwyna no eht ,snialp os doow sawnwonknu — detroppus eht .segalliv esehT erew
detibahni yba epyt fo nam ralimis ot eht nredom naisacuaC .ecar yehT erewt on
supplies vast the nor corn, the neither masters, their of food the of any use to permitted
follehs - ,hsif tub erew def yb tahw yeht dellac daerb“ morf ,”nevaeh hcihwd eedni
emac nwod morfht e ,sniatnuom gnieb eht elohw fo rieht esufer fo yreve .dnik ehT
elohw noitalupop saw tup ot lauteprep drah .ruobal ehT gnuoy dna evitca dednet eht
amphibians, grew the corn, collected the shell - fish, gathered the “bread from heaven”
for their elders, and erew dellepmoc ot ecudorper rieht .dnik tA ytnewt yehte rew
deredisnoc gnorts hguone rof eht ,yrotcaf erehw yeht dekrow ni sgnag no a enihcam
sihT .ruofytnewt eht fo sruoh 61 rof llimdaert dna pmup ruo fo serutaef eht gninibmoc
machine supplied Atlas wi ht sti”ORZ“ † ro ,’rewop‘ fo hcihw I llahs kaeps .yltneserp
ynA rekrow gniwohs neve yraropmet ssenkaew saw derrefsnart ot ehts urohpsohp
,yrotcaf erehw eh saw erus ot eid nihtiw a wef .shtnom surohpsohP saw ae mirp
ytissecen fo ;saltA ,revewoh ti sawton desu ni sti der ro wolley ,smrof tub ni a driht
,eportolla aeulb - black or rather violet - kcalb ,ecnatsbus ylno nwonk ni redwop renif
than precipitated gold, harder than diamond, eleven times heavier than yellow
,surohpsohp etiuq ,elbitsubmocni dna oscohs ylgnik suonosiop ,taht ni etips fo yreve
,e n cno fnaiy d) outtde e s ttoufnr efgneesiaiadomoa ovhocfnworn(itceutsealrhvpa
men. Of its properties I shall speak later.

* erehT erew ruof emos( yas )evif tcnitsid ,secar hcae gnivah larevesbus -races. But the main
scitsiretcarahc erew eht .emas emoS egella eht eseugutroP dna eht hsilgnE ot eb slavivrus fo
this or kindred stock.
† rO Z ra’a . The ZR is drawled slowly; then the lips are suddenly curled back in a sneering
,lrans dna eht lewov ylprahs dna ylbicrof .derettu tI si detupsid rehtehw siht drow si detcennoc
with the Sanskrit Sri .yl o,h
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ehT elpoep erew tfel ni tsomtu yrevals dna ecnarongi yb eht esiw lesnuoc fo ehtif rst
fo eht srehposolihp fo ,saltA ohw dah :nettirw nA ytpme niarb si a taerht ot .yteicoS
eH dyalh tdneetuuqteistnsonci a metsys fo latn e,me rguntilsuicrpmo cowt:strap
1. .st cdaeftcennoc ssis de ,l s sefsai soassumaAb
2. eru tAcurt sfroepus.seil
Pa tr 1 saw ;yroslupmoc eht elpoep neht koot traP 2 tuohtiw.tsetorp * The language of
eht snialp saw elpmis tub .esuforp yehT dah wef snuon dna rewef .sbrev oT“ krow
”niaga ereht( saw on drow rof ot“ ”krow ,)ylpmis ot“ peels ,”niaga ot“ tae ,”niaga ot“
erb ka eht ”wal on( drow rof ot“ kaerb eht wal ,)”niaga ot“ emoc morf ,”tuohtiw ot“
find light” ( i.e. ot og ot eht surohp s)oyhrpotcaf erew tsomla eht ylno sbrev desu yb
adults. The young men and women had a verb - language yet simpler, and of degraded
enesraoc .ss llA ,dah ,revewoh na yranidroartxe htlaew fo ,sevitcejda tsom fom eht
meaningless, as attached to no noun ideas, and a great quantity of abstract nouns such
sa ,”ytrebiL“ ,”ssergorP“ tuohtiw hcihw on denifer tnatibahni dluow redisnoca
ecnetneselpmoc te. He would introduce them into a discussion on the most material
.stcejbus ehT“ larommi buns - ,”eson evissergorpnu“ ,”hteet suoivicsal“ , ”cisum
yranoitcae”rs“worbeye — such were phrases familiar to all. “To eat again, to sleep
again, to work again, to f ind the light — brevorp a saw ”ssergorP si taht ,ytrebiL si taht
nom .mnyhoirtceuvoem
The religion of the people was Protestant Christianity in all essentials, but with an
neve resolc ecnedneped nopu .doG yehT detressa sti ,ælumrof tuohtiw gnihcatta yna
m eaning to the words, in a manner both reverent and passionate. Sexual life was
entirely forbidden to the workers, a single breach implying relegation to the
suro.hspksroohwp
nI yreve dleif saw )revewoh( na suomrone telbat fo ,kcor devrac no eno edishtiw a
representation of the three stages of life: the fields, the labour mill, the phosphorus
factory; and on the other side with these words: To enter Atlas, fly. Beneath this an
.gniylf fo tra eht eriuqca ot woh dewohs serutcip cihparg fo seires etarobale Du rinagl l
eht snoitareneg fo ,saltA ton eno nam dah neeb nwonk ot ekat egatnavda foe seht
instructions.
ehT lapicnirp raef fo eht ecalupop saw a noitairav fo yna dnik morf .enituor roF yna
a si degnahc drow siht hguoht ,ylno drow eno dah elpoep eht hcus nnoadtiiifnof ne rent
.seirutnec ,”tfarhctiW“ ,”ysereH“ ,”ssendaM“ daB“ ,”mrofxeS“ - ,”noisrevrep kcalB“
Magic” were its principal shapes in the last four thousand years of the dominion of
Atlas.
Sneezing, idleness, smiling, were regarded as premonitory. ynA noitassecm orf
hsiw ehT .suoregnad ylhgih deredisnoc saw ,htaerb ekat ot tnemom a rof neve ,hceeps
ot eb enola saw esrow naht ;lla eht tneuqniled dluow eb dezies yb sih ,swollefd na
either killed outright or thrust into the compound of the phosphorus ,yrotcafm orf
hci hewreht saw on.epacse

* ehT emas regnad ot yteicos ni ruo nwomit e sah neeb ,neesrof dna na lacitnediy demer
der enddvo eno.iyiacs trlsrdao pie ncsnpdppauliaaadupeepshmwcoecn
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The habits of the people were incredibly disgusting. Their principle relaxations were
that to inferiohra arcdhliye vemesnhto w could they which in drama, the and music art,
, ro,aeoh Gre,e Lsnre iu nyPhfortoJnreAH yendiS samohT dna sedliF ekuL ,ecnaD egr
.repooC
derb etamilc elbauqe taht ni efil roodtuo ehT .tnarongi ylippah erew yeht enicidem fO
strong youths and maidens, and the first symptom of illness in a worker was held to
riapmi sih ycneiciffe dna yfilauqih m rof eht surohpsohp .yrotcaf segaWe rew
yltnenamrep ,hgih dna sa ereht erew on stnahcrem neve fo ,lohocla esohw esus aw
forbidden, every man saved all his earnings, and died rich. At his death his savings
tnew kcab otni eht .ytinummoc noitaxaT sawsnoc yltneuqe .yrassecennu s ehtolC
erew yrassecennu dna ,nwonknu dna eht daerb‘ morf ’nevaeh saw eht eerf‘ tfigf o
God’. The dead were thrown to the amphibians. Each man built his own shelter of
eht hguor enots egnops hcihw .dednuoba ehT drow ’esuoh‘ sawsu de ylno ni ;saltA
the servile race called its huts ‘Hhoklost’ (equivalent to the English word ‘home’).
tnetnocs isD aywle t.unlwoosnbkanu tI dah ton n edeeb ryerdaisssneoccen ot tibihorp
traffic with foreign countries, as the inhabitants of such were est eemed barbarians.
Had a ship landed men, they would have been murdered to a man, supposing that
Atlas had permitted any approach to its shores. That it hindered such, and by
elbillafni ,snaem saw eud ot rehto ,snoitaredisnoc esohw erutan lliw mrof ehtus tcejb
fo .trn eeatupqaehscbus
races.ervile the ofc haractetrh e and Atlabse,n eaptlha ins the of nature the is then This

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OF THE RACE OF ATLAS
ecar a tlewd ,niatnuom yreve fo tserc eht morf demrof saw hcihw ’esuoh‘ ro ytic eht nI
ton yltaergoirepus r in height to our own, but of vaster frame. The bulk and strength
of the bear is not inappropriate as a simile for the lower classes; the higher had the
an gasvter engTthhi s lion. the ofh aunchleesa n the asnhdo uldearnsd cheensotr mous
elbillafniaeb ,ytu edam suortsnom yb rieht tsom elbaroxeni ,wal taht yreve dlihc ohw
depoleved on laiceps erutaef ni eht tsrif neves sraey dluohs eb decifircas ot eht .sdoG
This special feature might be a nose of prodigious size, hands and wrists of gigantic
strength, goar iljelaalawne , p haenatr — :efil ot renwo sti eltitne thgim eseht fo yna ro *
rof ni lla hcus snoitairav morf eht lamron yeht deviecrep eht ytilibissop fo a
tnempoleved fo eht .ecar neM dna nemow erew yriah sa ehtgnaruo - outang, and all
ylhe sseorlecw neva morf daeh ot .teef tI dah neeb dnuof taht siht ecitcarp depoleved
ni erom mohw fo ,’altA gniviL‘ eht ot ecnerever ni enod osla saw tI .ytilibisnes elitcat
its place.
ehT rewol ssalc saw wef ni .rebmun stI noitcnuf saw ot dnetnirepus eht elivrescar ,e
to bring the food of the children to the banqueting - hall, to remove the same, to attend
to the disposition of the ‘light - ,’sneercs ot erusne eht ecnaunitnoc fo eht ecar yb eht
begetting, bearing and nourishing of the children.
ehT yltseirp ssalc sawnoc cerned with the further preparation of the orZ de i lypbpus
the labour mills, and its impregnation with phosphorus. This class had much leisure
. , rt’d ecke rternoaoajoitfl bwaeu‘lbspxe
The High Priests and High Priestesses were restricted in number to neveles emit
thirty - three in any one ‘house’. To them were entrusted the final secrets of Atlas, and
ot meht saw dedifnoc eht tcudnoc fo eht stnemirepxe ni hcihw yreve lliw saw dnuob
up. †
ehT ruoloc fo eht snaetnaltA saw yrev ,suoirav hguoht eht riah saw ylbairavni fo a
fiery chestnut with bluish reflections. One might see women whiter than Aphrodite,
srehto ynwat sa ,artapoelC srehto wolley sauT - ,ihS srehto fo a ,egnarts eltbus eulb
ekil eht deoottat secaf fo nihC ,nemow srehto niaga der sa .reppoc erG nes aw
revewoh a detibihorp euh rof ,nemow dna der saw ton dekil ni .nem teloiV saw ,erar
tub ylhgih ,dezirp dna nerdlihc nrob fo taht ruoloc erew yllaiceps deraer yb eht hgiH
.ssetseirP
,r env ie ewtnoroH afp o e yhky dtclloat lblc neabeeehfrmtreoewwp htiw a ssenkcalb
no negro can equal; from this circumstance comes the name Atlas. It is absurdly
detubirtta yb emos srohtua ot eht tisoped fo ssecxe fo surohpsohp ni eht orZ . I need

* yranoissi m asa woh wahddu Bsuoiver p af odnege lr onoitanracnie reh tsa wahddu Bamatua G
mor f,sal teAcneh eh ttnuocca fo seilhbav,okmcmein eht srae taht eh dluoc dlof revo sih ,ecaf
and other monstrous details.
† erehT saw a ronrevoG fo ,eseht fo esohw ,eman erutan dna noitcnuf I ma ton dettimrep ot
speak.
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y ltnnoi otpu otah te h dtke rtgeyasnrrmioo exlfev eehof btcoksciadlb phosphorus. It
is evidently a racial stigma. It was the birth of a girl child without this mark which
raised her mother to the rank of goddess, and ended the terrestrial adventure of the
Atlanteans, as will presently appear.
fO eht scihte fo sihtelpoep little need be said. Their word for ‘right’ is ‘phph’ made
spiral ‘a meaning thus right, to left from across sharply drawn jaw the with blowing by
efil yrartnoc ot eht esruoc fo eht ’.nus eW yam mus ti sa ’.yrartnoc‘ revetahW“ ,si si
”gnorw smees otah ev neeb rieht tsrif .elpicnirp sgeL era ’gnorw‘ esuaceb yeht ylno
yrrac uoy evif selim ni eht ;ruoh tel su esufer ot ;klaw tel su edir .kcabesroh oS eht
horse is ‘wrong’ compared to the train and motor - car; and these are ‘wrong’ to the
‘aeroplane’. If s deep dah neeb eht s’naetnaltA ,tcejbo eh dluow evaht hguoht
’sgenn oadrlnwpa‘o rlela aes l,eoot os gnol sa e hdteep sf othg isl adwe stso anypbrus
him.
suoiruC slavivrus fo eseht swal era dnuof ni eht hsiweJ tpircsnart fo ehtn aitpygE
,eyb ehhct i,hewdoc ing a slave race, interpreted in the verse manner.
“Thou shalt not make any graven image.” Every male child, on attaining manhood,
had a graven image given him to worship, a miracle - working image, whose principal
stio le p hdxoleo utnotowaptu.ti
ebmemeR“ r eht htabbaS yaD ot peek ti ”.yloh ehT naetnaltA tpek eno yad ni neves
for all purposes unconnected with his principal task.
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Though the Atlanteans married, intercourse with
.neddib rty oclese fanhafeotwihwt
rutonoH“ hyf athera ndt hym other.”O nt hec ontrary,t heyw orshippedt heirc hildren,
sa fi os:tiy hasTs i“e h dtmooGh w I eevda ah”nm.is sye mnnewkoil *
Similarly, there is one exception and one only to the rule of silence. It is the utterance
fo eht ”emaN“ihw ch it is death to pronounce. This word was constantly in their
mouths; it is arrcZ , a tros fo suomenevtaorht - .gnilgrag ,ecneH ,ylbissop eht cileaG
rrucS Penninetsh.e aYnodr kshirien “Scar” or “ScEon“ugsrlp”ie sahk ”, arrcZ osla si
eht eman fo ehtiH‘ , ’ hedgsnua odfHe o rn ee.reogheevtatvfamoeribrga
rehtO secart yam eb dnuof ni ;erolklof emos erem .snoititsrepus suhT ehtt cerroc
rebmun rof a teuqnab saw ,neetriht esuaceb fi ereht erew ylno eno erom ngis ni eht
,caidoZ eht raey dluow eb a htnomnol ,reg dna eno dluow evah erom emit rof .’krow‘
This is probably a debased Egyptian notion. Altanteans knew better than anyone that
eht caidoZ si ylno na yrartibra .noisivid llitS ti yam eb dial nwod taht eht elbissopmi
never daunted Atlas. If one said, owT“ dna owT ekam ”ruoF sih thguoht dluow eb
“Yes, damn it!”

* enO fo eht tsom tnaillirb nerdlihc dettimmoc edicius no gninrael taht eh dluoc tonm evo sih
reppu .waj sihT yob si eno fo eht nevele seoreh ohw dah seutats ni eht hgiH .esuoH dnA eht
upper the at wrench to is ‘weltschmerz’) or (‘Dukka’ sense ultimate its in ‘sorrow’ for Atlantean
jaw.
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I now explain the language of Atlas. The third and greatest of their philosophers saw
that speech had wrought more harm than good, and he consequently instituted a
rail u.ceetpir owT nem erewc ,yaw eht yb ,hcihw ,egaugnal eht evreserp ot tol yb esoh
detsisnoc fo selballysonom ,ylno owt derdnuh dna neetruof ni ,rebmun ot hcaef o
which was attached a diacritical gesture, usually ideographic.
Thus ‘wrong’ is given as ‘phph’ moving the jaw from righ t ot .tfel gnipiW eht worb
with ‘phph’ means “hot”, hollowing the hands over the mouth ‘fire’, striking the
throat, ‘to die’; so that each ‘radicle’ may have hundreds of gesture - .sevita vired
,rammarG yb eht ,yaw yldrah ,detsixe eht kciuq noisneherppa fo the Atlanteans
rendering it unnecessary.
esehT owt nem neht detraped ot a nrevac no eht edis fo eht niatnuom tsuj evoba eht
cliff, and there for a year they remained, speaking the language, and carving it
yllacilobmys nopu eht .kcor tA eht dne fo ehtraey they returned; the elder is
,decifircas dna eht regnuoy snruter htiw a ,reetnulov yllausu eno ohw sehsiwo t
expiate a fault, and teaches him the language. During his visit he observes whether
any new thing needs a new name, and if so he invents it, and a dds it to the language.
esu eht rehtegotla denodnaba elpoep eht fo tser ehT .dne eht ot deunitnoc ssecorp sihT
. ey lechi T deh ahtertiswne p m soegithndtilb aenceitc a’r spyr la,waneheoycfe efpos
then sought to do without gesture, and in eight generat snoi eht ytluciffids aw
,dereuqnoc dna yhtapelet.dehsilbatse * hcraeseR neht detovod flesti ot eht ksatf o
doing without thought; this will be discussed in detail in the proper place. There was
also a ‘listener’, three men who took turns to sit upon the tsehgih ,kaep evobae ht
‘light - ,’sneercs dna esohw ytud ti saw ot evig mrala fi yna esion debrutsid .saltA nO
their report that High Priest charged with active governorship would take steps to
ascertain and destroy the cause.
The ‘light - ’s nneeekrocpsso f were a contrivance of laminæ of a certain spar such that
eht thgil dna taeh fo eht nus er eywletelpmo ctuc ,ffo ton yb ,yticapo tub yb tahw ew
these ‘house’, the entered sun the of rays subtler other way this In ‘interference’. cann
syar gnieb desoppus ot eb yrassecen ot .evil esehT srettam erew eht stcejbus fo eht
tsepeed .yesrevortnoc emoS dleh taht eseht syar sevlesmeht erew ,suoirujnid na
should be excluded. Others considered that the light - noitisop ni tup eb dluohs sneercs
during moonlight, inste da fo gnieb denepo ta ,tesnus sa saw eht .motsuc , sihT
,revewoh saw reven ,detpmetta eht taerg ssam fo eht elpoep gnieb detoved ote ht
moon. Others wished full sunlight, the aim of Atlas being (they thought) to reach the
sun. But this theory contradicte d the prime axiom of attaining things through their
,setisoppo dna saw ylno dleh yb eht rewol ,sessalc ohw erew ton setaitini otnis iht
doctrine.

* sihT metsys fo noitacinummoc sah taerg segatnavda revo yna .rehto tI si tnednepednif o
distance, and dependent on the will of the transmitter. Telepathic messages could not be
y .rnyyrina aaw’ cdrseoipmpat‘
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ehT ’sesuoh‘ fo saltA erew devrac morf eht gnivil kcor yb eht noitca fo orZ in its
sevepnrtehc ipiEtnati on. ,ssalg naht rehtooms dna ytfol erew sllaw eht ,dilos ylsuomro
hguoht eht stnemevap erew hguor dna nekorb tsomla erehwyreve rof a nosaer hcihw I
ma ton dettimrep ot .esolcsid ehT segassap erew ylbairavni ,worran os tahto wt
rd sselhnsvucoaeoaspntceroep gninioj yb teerg ot wal eht saw ti ,tem owt nehW .reh
in ‘work’ and then going away together on their separate errands, or passing one
evoba eht .rehto sihT saw enod ,ylesoprup os sa ot dnimer yreve nam fo sih ytud ot
hn coeniihohs waysc racneloovteA tthegeiw mmoallef - citizen.
The Banqueting - furTnhhiwaethd ui rcehl u, acs vrhuegiwartelalyh.dsl e r y e onf H all
neeb thguorb yb eht tsrif ,stsinoloc dna yllaudarg desusid yb ,stluda revend edeen
.riaper A tsav nepo yawrood gnicaf htroN denepo no ehtom untainside on to the
vineyards and orchards, the meadows and gardens, in which the children passed their
.emit delkcuS yb eht rehtom rof eerht shtnom ,ylno eht dlihc saw neht ydaerla elba ot
amthe of flesh the on and wine, and bread the on itnsoeulrfi sh which of herdpsh,i bian
there were several kinds; one a piglike animal with flesh resembling wild duck,
another a sort of manatee tasting like salmon, its fat being somewhat like caviar in
s’doohdlihc fo yna rof cificeps erus a dna ,erutxet tub gnihtyreve troutbhAli er std.h, e
s redol efi yyv e,bo rdhd lsenteypas amlm w,alesstaauewmrat orp oo ftprospueiochna
covered were they while fields the though trampling corn, the for ground the preparing
aes htiw -seethe which in holes deep leaving thus and water, saw hself stI .tsac erew sd
ton ekilnu ,raeb tub erom .etaciled ,elbatoN ,oot saw eht taerg ytitnauq fo ;eltrut osla
eht tnaig ,sretsyo eht eguh peed aes ,sbarc a dnik fo supotco esohw hself edama
nutritious and elegant soup, and innumerable shell fish, added to the table. The
syawretaw erew detnuah yb slaohs fo a llams dna suonosiop,hsif * esohw tibs aw
etaidemmi htaed ot ,nam a tcaf hcihw rehtegotla tuc ffo noitacinummoc neewteb eno
island and another except by air, as the hippopotamus - animala,l thoug ihm muntieot s
e. lm o,bisteawatnswiub
Of the sleeping chambers I shall tell more particularly in the course of my remarks on
orZ .

* d e l ylmbaeCht eehZ - uohZ , ni noitaimi fo eht hsiws fo sti liat dna eht yrc fo sti.mitciv
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