PART XII.
HAVING now visited all the places the Recorder had promised to show me, and having seen hundreds of other wonders that it would take volumes to describe, we got back again to our starting place. I had by this time advanced so far in modern civilization that I could do without food, and I could move about with the Recorder without his assistance. I had, in fact, learned to control my movements and my leg weights by the power of will, and this progress greatly pleased my friend and my monitor.
When we got back to his house we were met by his wife and daughter, and I somehow thought that the daughter received me with special favour. When seeing all these mechanical and naval wonders I could not help thinking where all this constructive work had been executed. Throughout all our travels, I had
