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A Bower in the Arsacides

           ToandfroIpacedbeforethisskeletonbrushedthevineasidebrokethroughtheribsandwithaballofArsacideantwine,wandered,eddiedlongamiditsmanywinding,shadedcolonnadesandarbors.Butsoonmylinewasout;andfollowingback,IemergedfromtheopeningwhereIentered.Isawnolivingthingwithin;naughtwastherebutbones.

           Cuttingmeagreenmeasuring-rod,Ioncemoredivedwithintheskeleton.Fromtheirarrow-slitintheskull,thepriestsperceivedmetakingthealtitudeofthefinalrib,"Hownow!"theyshouted;"Dar’stthoumeasurethisourgod!That’sforus.""Aye,priestswell,howlongdoyemakehim,then?"Buthereuponafiercecontestroseamongthem,concerningfeetandinches;theycrackedeachother’ssconceswiththeiryard-sticksthegreatskullechoedandseizingthatluckychance,Iquicklyconcludedmyownadmeasurements.

           TheseadmeasurementsInowproposetosetbeforeyou.Butfirst,beitrecorded,that,inthismatter,IamnotfreetoutteranyfanciedmeasurementsIplease.Becausethereareskeletonauthoritiesyoucanreferto,totestmyaccuracy.ThereisaLeviathanicMuseum,theytellme,inHull,England,oneofthewhalingportsofthatcountry,wheretheyhavesomefinespecimensoffin-backsandotherwhales.Likewise,haveheardthatinthemuseumofManchester,inNewHampshire,theyhavewhattheproprietorscall"theonlyperfectspecimenofaGreenlandorRiverWhaleintheUnitedStates."

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