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Chapter 23 — An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor

           Buthisaccountis:—

           “Itspeedilybecameapparentthattheentirestrangenessofourcircumstancesandsurroundings—greatlossofweight,attenuatedbuthighlyoxygenatedair,consequentexaggerationoftheresultsofmusculareffort,rapiddevelopmentofweirdplantsfromobscurespores,luridsky—wasexcitingmycompanionunduly.Onthemoonhischaracterseemedtodeteriorate.Hebecameimpulsive,rash,andquarrelsome.InalittlewhilehisfollyindevouringsomegiganticvesiclesandhisconsequentintoxicationledtoourcapturebytheSelenites—beforewehadhadtheslightestopportunityofproperlyobservingtheirways....”

           (Hesays,youobserve,nothingofhisownconcessiontothesesame“vesicles.”)

           Andhegoesonfromthatpointtosaythat“Wecametoadifficultpassagewiththem,andBedfordmistakingcertaingesturesoftheirs”—prettygesturestheywere!—“gavewaytoapanicviolence.Heranamuck,killedthree,andperforceIhadtofleewithhimaftertheoutrage.Subsequentlywefoughtwithanumberwhoendeavouredtobarourway,andslewsevenoreightmore.ItsaysmuchforthetoleranceofthesebeingsthatonmyrecaptureIwasnotinstantlyslain.Wemadeourwaytotheexteriorandseparatedinthecraterofourarrival,toincreaseourchancesofrecoveringoursphere.ButpresentlyIcameuponabodyofSelenites,ledbytwowhowerecuriouslydifferent,eveninform,fromanyofthesewehadseenhitherto,withlargerheadsandsmallerbodies,andmuchmoreelaboratelywrappedabout.

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