monstrous serpents.

Again, mighty cones of wayleals would stream from our yacht on both
sides, upward and backward, like a blaze of comet splendor.

Then, suddenly, globes of wayleals would surround us, globe within
globe flying alternately in different directions; and we seemed to
move on the centre of another earth.

To describe the endless flight and counter-flight, the concentration
and radiation of the wayleals in grand review, would be impossible.
Captain Adams and Sir John Forbes were astounded at the extraordinary
evolutions possible to winged men in a world where there is
practically no gravity. The army moved in Daedalian march; it was at
times sinuous with labyrinthic movement to the sound of drums and the
roar of bugles. The wayleals formed arches and crowns, conchoidal
convolutions, zones and wheels, hemispheres and globes, cones and
pyramids. The yacht was clothed with sublime torsions, peristaltic
splendors, and immense radiations of living bodies. It was the
grandest movement of men ever seen on earth.

We were again completely surrounded by a single globe of wayleals, in
the centre of which moved the yacht with fearful speed. The globe
moved as fast as we, and the living shell obliterated both earth and
sun from, sight. Then, with a roar of artillery, the globe exploded,
and lo! before us the infinite golden dome of the Bormidophia, the
marble city of Calnogor, and dense multitudes of excited people!

The city was decorated with the conquering flag of Lyone and with
flowers; and the inscriptions on the triumphal arches were: "Long live
Lexington and Lyone, King and Queen of Atvatabar!"

The entire army, augmented by the allegiance of the defeated king's
troops, headed by the supreme general Hushnoly, received us at the
entrance to the city.

Pending the reconstruction of the government, law and order were being
administered by Hushnoly, assisted by a military council consisting of
all the victorious leaders.

The festivities incidental to our entry into Calnogor and the public
rejoicings over the reincarnation of Lyone lasted several days. I took
occasion at a reception at the royal palace to confer suitable honors
and rewards on my victorious generals. I created the supreme general
Hushnoly a noble of the first rank under the title of Goiloor, or Duke
of Calnogor, and confirmed his authority as commander-in-chief of the
army, and Zooly-Soase was also created Goiloose of Calnogor. General
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