Invaluable—­Antipathy to human beings—­Hippopotamus’ hide—­Impervious to water—­Resistance to destroying forces—­All parts of the animal utilised—­Parts subservient to the beautiful—­Hippopotamus’ land—­Numerous herds—­Their keepers—­How attired—­The herb antipathetic to hippopotami—­How discovered—­Experiment with the young beast—­Antipathetic solution keeps animals away from cities—­They love fresh-water rivers—­The Aoe waters prejudicial to man—­Mode of rearing Hippopotami—­Precautions adopted—­Why they have not been able to rear animal in Western Europe—­Recommendations—­Habits of the animal—­The hippopotami—­dance—­How the young one is separated from the mother—­How a hippopotamus is removed from the herd—­The food of the hippopotamus in general

XLVI.—­WILD ANIMALS.

The Serpent—­The Boa—­Professors to examine medicinal and other properties—­Modes of capturing wild beasts—­Huntsmen—­The iron-work net—­The watch-hut—­The bait—­Dead animals not allowed in the city—­Habits of the tiger—­the tiger and the child—­the unicorn

XLVII.—­THE SUN.

The palace—­Communication with auxiliary tower—­Observatory—­star instrument constructed—­Secrets revealed—­Inhabitants and atmospheres of the stars differ—­Invisible beings—­The sun-ocean, Mountains, and Continents—­Winds—­Attracted by the heat—­Brilliancy increased by reflection—­Every planet has electricity sympathetic or antipathetic—­Different appearance in Montalluyah—­Fixed stars—­Comets—­Overflowings of the waters—­Waters in space—­Conclusion

INTRODUCTION.

By introducing the reader to “Another World,” the Editor does not lead him into a region to which the Earth has no affinity.  The Planet to which the following fragments refer not only belongs to the same solar system as our own, but also presents like physical aspects.  In it, as here, are to be found land and water—­mountains, rivers, seas, lakes, hills, valleys, ravines, cataracts alternating with each other; though in consequence of more potent electrical agencies the contrasts between these various objects are frequently abrupt and decided to a degree to which we can here offer no comparison.  The other world about to be described is, in fact, essentially another Earth—­widely differing, indeed, from ours in its details, but still subjected to the same natural laws.  Its inhabitants, like devout persons here, look forward with reverent feeling towards the abode of the blest.  To a purely spiritual or angelic region these fragments do not relate.

The name of “Montalluyah,” which more immediately belongs to the chief city in the planet, is not incorrectly extended so as to include the entire sphere.  This new world is not made up of separate countries and mutually independent states like those of the Earth, but, forming one kingdom, is governed by one supreme Ruler, assisted by twelve kings inferior to him in rank and power.