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CHAPTER LI. — In Which Azzageddi Seems To Use Babbalanja For A Mouth-Piece
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Porpheero far astern, the spirits of the company rose. Once again, old Mohi serenely1 unbraided, and rebraided his beard; and sitting Turk- wise on his mat, my lord Media smoking his gonfalon, diverted himself with the wild songs of Yoomy, the wild chronicles of Mohi, or the still wilder speculations2 of Babbalanja; now and then, as from pitcher3 to pitcher, pouring royal old wine down his soul.
Among other things, Media, who at times turned over Babbalanja for an encyclopaedia4, however unreliable, demanded information upon the subject of neap tides and their alleged5 slavish vassalage6 to the moon.
When true to his cyclopaediatic nature, Babbalanja quoted from a still older and better authority than himself; in brief, from no other than eternal Bardianna. It seems that that worthy7 essayist had discussed the whole matter in a chapter thus headed: "On Seeing into Mysteries through Mill-Stones;" and throughout his disquisitions he evinced such a profundity8 of research, though delivered in a style somewhat equivocal, that the company were much struck by the erudition displayed.
"Babbalanja, that Bardianna of yours must have been a wonderful student," said Media after a pause, "no doubt he consumed whole thickets9 of rush-lights."
"Not so, my lord.—'Patience, patience, philosophers,' said Bardianna; 'blow out your tapers10, bolt not your dinners, take time, wisdom will be plenty soon.'"
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