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have sought! O, celestial truth! am I then in my latter days permitted to see thee unclouded as thou art?

So saying, the old man entered the palace.

So, here is one at last, said Zumio, and instantly left me to go and meet the stranger. I followed my little hare-brained sylph, and we soon met the old man. Zumio flew: Come in, come, good man, said he, you are very welcome, especially if you can rid us or our horrid dulness. You are old, have been in various scenes of life, and can tell us a good many stories: but first, pray, what is your name?

Gelanor, replied the old man; in my youth I lived among men; I have been a great traveller; and for these last twenty years have devoted my days to solitude.

Ah! I perceive, interrupted Zumio, you are a philosopher; we shall not be much the merrier for you.—Nor will you find much entertainment here, for philosophers are curious: you, no doubt, imagine you may study mankind in this place, but that is your mis-

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