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CHAPTER XVIII. — They Visit An Extraordinary Old Antiquary
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"About prows1 there, ye paddlers," cried Media. "In this fog we've been raising, we have sailed by Padulla, our destination."
Now Padulla, was but a little island, tributary2 to a neighboring king; its population embracing some hundreds of thousands of leaves, and flowers, and butterflies, yet only two solitary3 mortals; one, famous as a venerable antiquarian: a collector of objects of Mardian vertu; a cognoscenti, and dilettante4 in things old and marvelous; and for that reason, very choice of himself.
He went by the exclamatory cognomen5 of "Oh-Oh;" a name bestowed6 upon him, by reason of the delighted interjections, with which he welcomed all accessions to his museum.
Now, it was to obtain a glimpse of this very museum, that Media was anxious to touch at Padulla.
Landing, and passing through a grove7, we were accosted8 by Oh-Oh himself; who, having heard the shouts of our paddlers, had sallied forth9, staff in hand.
The old man was a sight to see; especially his nose; a remarkable10 one. And all Mardi over, a remarkable nose is a prominent feature: an ever obvious passport to distinction. For, after all, this gaining a name, is but the individualizing of a man; as well achieved by an extraordinary nose, as by an extraordinary epic11. Far better, indeed; for you may pass poets without knowing them. Even a hero, is no hero without his sword; nor Beelzebub himself a lion, minus that lasso-tail of his, wherewith he catches his
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