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Chapter 7

           Heofferedhimselfandafriendtoaccompanyme,andthatIshouldbeprovidedwithasmallconvenientbarkforthevoyage.

           Glubbdubdrib,asnearlyasIcaninterprettheword,signifiestheislandofsorcerersormagicians.ItisaboutonethirdaslargeastheIsleofWight,andextremelyfruitful:itisgovernedbytheheadofacertaintribe,whoareallmagicians.Thistribemarriesonlyamongeachother,andtheeldestinsuccessionisprinceorgovernor.Hehasanoblepalace,andaparkofaboutthreethousandacres,surroundedbyawallofhewnstonetwentyfeethigh.Inthisparkareseveralsmallenclosuresforcattle,corn,andgardening.

           Thegovernorandhisfamilyareservedandattendedbydomesticsofakindsomewhatunusual.Byhisskillinnecromancyhehasapowerofcallingwhomhepleasesfromthedead,andcommandingtheirservicefortwenty-fourhours,butnolonger;norcanhecallthesamepersonsupagaininlessthanthreemonths,exceptuponveryextraordinaryoccasions.

           Whenwearrivedattheisland,whichwasabouteleveninthemorning,oneofthegentlemenwhoaccompaniedmewenttothegovernor,anddesiredadmittanceforastranger,whocameonpurposetohavethehonourofattendingonhishighness.Thiswasimmediatelygranted,andweallthreeenteredthegateofthepalacebetweentworowsofguards,armedanddressedafteraveryanticmanner,andwithsomethingintheircountenancesthatmademyfleshcreepwithahorrorIcannotexpress.

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