turn round to see if such was the case, as I had forgotten for the time the executioner's instructions, so I just floated on and on through space. I experienced no pain, no thirst, no hunger, no pleasure. I lived as it were in space, devoid of all feeling. The night came on; I could now see no earth, but I saw stars innumerable,—such bright, such beautiful gems of the heavens. Was it possible that I should float away to one of these? Was it possible that I should find there another race, another people, more or perhaps less intellectual than those I had just left? With such thoughts my mind was filled, and with such thoughts passing through my brain I began while floating about to dose. I felt a pleasant, happy feeling of stupor coming over me. I roused myself however by a great effort, and seeing a figure floating before me some hundred yards ahead, I began to examine it. It was like the figure of an old man with a long flowing white beard that extended below his feet. Although it was now night, it was not quite dark; I could see distinctly all before me.
