IV.  WOMAN.

In like manner we have a series of pictures showing woman’s former state; her present education, in the representation of which episodes are given of her progress in her own sphere to the level and companionship of man.  Reference is made to the means of increasing her beauty, and employing her charms for her own and man’s happiness;[1] the gentleness of her nature in softening man’s lot, whilst she is supported and defended by him; woman as a mother, her devotion to her children, and her joy and gratitude in contemplating the development of their strength and beauty through the means enjoined and practised in my reign.

     [Footnote 1:  See p. 94.]

One picture, let me add, represents the mode of choosing a husband,[2] and another represents ceremonies used in the preparations for marriage.[3]

     [Footnote 2:  See p. 104.]

     [Footnote 3:  See p. 120.]

V. MARRIED LIFE.

In the picture relating to this subject we first show marriage as it was.  The wife and husband are rarely by each other’s side; when they meet they are in common attire, and receive each other with frowns; the wife, in grand costume, smiles on strangers, and so on with other episodes of former married life.

With this state of things is then contrasted, in every detail, the happiness of the married state as it now exists.

VI.  FLOCKS AND HERDS.

These are pictures showing the spare and lean cattle of earlier times, the former paucity of our flocks and herds, and the present innumerable supplies,—­the result of good treatment, and of people’s obedience to a law of mine which forbade them to slaughter the female, so that our resources for multiplying our stocks should not be diminished.  The present humane method of treating animals, and the dispatching of the animal without pain, are admirably depicted.[1]

     [Footnote 1:  See p. 213.]

VII.  THE ALLMANYUKA.

The different stages of my progress in creating the Allmanyuka, or new food, substituted by me for a strong, stimulating, and injurious condiment previously in general use, are represented in another series of paintings, showing the incipient thought and its perfection, the fruit in its various phases, my anxiety while watching the growth of the fruit, my joy when success had crowned my efforts, and the gratitude of the people.[2]

     [Footnote 2:  See p. 220.]

VIII.  THE STAR INSTRUMENT.

The Tootmanyoso is seen looking through the “Star Instrument,” while worlds are opening in the distance.  This “star instrument,” or “world viewer,” is a gigantic telescope of immense power, aided by electricity, constructed for me at my suggestion.[1] The power of our telescopes is wondrously increased by electric and chemical combinations, but this one excelled all others in magnitude and power.