It is still an unsolved
problem, this search for another sense, and we are now looking forward for
help in the task to the studies of the civilization represented in our
comet."
All this time we were rising slowly but hardly realizing it, being filled
with that peculiar sensation, incident to balloon journeys, by which we
could almost believe we were remaining about in the same place and the
solid ground was falling away from us.
Now Foedric increased our speed and showed us how easily he could sail in
any direction and at any rate he pleased, explaining to us the mechanism
by which we were upheld and propelled, and also the way in which the
current of electricity was generated and applied. They certainly had a
wonderful method of producing great power with little weight, and the
doctor eagerly drank in the information in regard to it, as if for future
use.
It was charming. The atmosphere was as clear as crystal, the air balmy and
the motion delightful, and if the Martians, with their purer nature and
keener senses, enjoyed the trip that morning more than we earth-dwellers
did, then their capacity for enjoyment must have been beyond ours.
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