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CHAPTER XCIV — Of That Jolly Old Lord
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Of That Jolly Old Lord, Borabolla; And That Jolly Island Of His,
Mondoldo; And Of The Fish-Ponds, And The Hereafters Of Fish
Drawing near Mondoldo, our next place of destination, we were greeted by six fine canoes, gayly tricked out with streamers, and all alive with the gestures of their occupants. King Borabolla and court were hastening to welcome our approach; Media, unbeknown to all, having notified him at the Banquet of the Five-and-Twenty Kings, of our intention to visit his dominions1.
Soon, side by side, these canoes floated with ours; each barge2 of Odo courteously3 flanked by those of Mondoldo.
Not long were we in identifying Borabolla: the portly, pleasant old monarch4, seated cross-legged upon a dais, projecting over the bow of the largest canoe of the six, close-grappling to the side of the Sea Elephant.
Was he not a goodly round sight to behold5? Round all over; round of eye and of head; and like the jolly round Earth, roundest and biggest about the Equator. A girdle of red was his Equinoctial Line, giving a compactness to his plumpness.
This old Borabolla permitted naught6 to come between his head and the sun; not even gray hairs. Bald as a gourd7, right down on his brazen8 skull9, the rays of the luminary10 converged11.
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mansion
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