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CHAPTER LIV. — They Visit The Great Central Temple Of Vivenza
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The throng1 that greeted us upon landing were exceedingly boisterous3.
"Whence came ye?" they cried. "Whither bound? Saw ye ever such a land as this? Is it not a great and extensive republic? Pray, observe how tall we are; just feel of our thighs4; Are we not a glorious people? Here, feel of our beards. Look round; look round; be not afraid; Behold5 those palms; swear now, that this land surpasses all others. Old Bello's mountains are mole-hills to ours; his rivers, rills; his empires, villages; his palm-trees, shrubs6."
"True," said Babbalanja. "But great Oro must have had some hand in making your mountains and streams.—Would ye have been as great in a desert?"
"Where is your king?" asked Media, drawing himself up in his robe, and cocking his crown.
"Ha, ha, my fine fellow! We are all kings here; royalty7 breathes in the common air. But come on, come on. Let us show you our great Temple of Freedom."
And so saying, irreverently grasping his sacred arm, they conducted us toward a lofty structure, planted upon a bold hill, and supported by thirty pillars of palm; four quite green; as if recently added; and beyond these, an almost interminable vacancy8, as if all the palms in Mardi, were at some future time, to aid in upholding that fabric9.
Upon the summit of the temple was a staff; and as we drew nigh, a man with a collar round his neck, and the red marks of stripes upon his back, was just in the act of hoisting10 a tappa standard— correspondingly striped. Other collared menials were going in and out of the temple.
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