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-Mountain arm stretches out through the air over land below and over the sea--THE GREAT CATARACT--Upper City built on Suspended Mountain--The Middle and Lower Cities built on indent and foot of mountain--PAST CATASTROPHES--Threatened dangers--Terrible consequences--Principle of preventing evils--Stupendous work undertaken--The wonder of Montalluyah X.--THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER. Dimensions--Thickness of walls--Interior area--How utilised--Means of ascending and descending--Stages constructed at different heights to facilitate works during progress--Materials, provisions, &c., raised by electric power--HUGE HEAVY BLOCKS LIGHTENED BY ELECTRICITY--Ornamentation of the Tower--Ravine-metal--Episodes of the Narrator's reign--Ascent and descent--Great difference of atmosphere above and below--Peculiarity in Electric Telegraph--Colour of atmosphere at different heights--Animalculae and ova--Grandeur of the Mountain Supporter---Curious effect when viewed from a distance XI--ELECTRICITY IN MONTALLUYAH. Important facts formerly unknown--One electricity only supposed to exist--Not then utilised for locomotion, &c.--Paucity of contrivance for collecting electricities--How the scientific men supported their theory--Like causes produce like effects--Many kinds of electricity--Means of drawing out and concentrating electricities discovered--Man, beasts, birds, &c., possess an electricity of their own--All differ--Huge fish--Docks for extracting electricity from--Electric store-house--Non-conducting pouches--The attracting electricity adapted to each body is well known--MODE OF CATCHING WILD BIRDS XII.--THE PAIN-LULLER. Means formerly employed--Vivisection and surgical operations painless--Nerves of sensation only, affected by the luller--Energy of the functions considered essential--Pain-luller, how discovered--The Nebo bird and the child--The broken limbs and absence of pain--Discovery XIII.--THE MICROSCOPE. Properties of optical instruments increased by electricity-- CONCENTRATED LIGHT--The illuminated worm--Light attracted by the enticer-machine--Concentrated light in Music--Human voice and musical instruments--Union between the soul and perishable portions of man--Concentrated light within us--Similarity of terms applied to the
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