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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
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I
observed
nothing
of
the
nature
of
animals
in
use
amongst
this
people
as
food,
except
oysters
and
other
testaceous
creatures,
which
have
so
little
visible
animation
as
to
be
considered
by
the
Symzonians
on
an
equality
with
vegetables,
and
to
be
provided
like
them
for
the
nourishment
of
a
higher
order
of
life.
They
were
probably
led
to
this
conclusion,
by
the
vast
profusion
of
shell-fish
which
abound
in
their
waters.
They
are
caught
in
astonishing
quantities.
The
shells
are
employed
in
building,
and
to
promote
vegetation.
The
pearls,
which
they
afford
in
great
abundance,
and
of
large
size,
are
used
to
glaze
the
walls
of
their
apartments,
being
dissolved
in
a
liquid,
and
laid
on
like
paint.
This
process
gives
a
smooth
and
elegant
surface,
like
the
inside
of
the
pearl
oyster-shell,
which
is
inexpressibly
delicate
and
agreeable
in
the
soft
light
of
this
country,
and
at
the
same
time
renders
the
walls
more
durable.
I
visited
a
maker
of
this
pearl
wash.
My
cupidity,
I
must
confess,
was
greatly
excited
by
the
sight
of
large
heaps
of
pearls,
which
would
be
of
incalculable
value
in
the
external
world.
Even
in
the
atmosphere
of
this
pure
region,
I
could
not
prevent
my
imagination
from
figuring
the
splendid
palace,
dashing
equipage,
and
choice
wines
I
should
enjoy,
and
the
unbounded
respect
and
obsequious
attention
which
would
be
paid
to
me
by
the
great
men
of
Gotham,
on
my
return
there
with
the
enormous
wealth
which
a
cargo
of
these
pearls
would
produce.
I
asked
the
workman
for
a
specimen
of
the
pearls,
and
he
gave
me
a
handful
that
were
as
large
as
peas,
which
I
put
in
my
pocket,
intending
to
show
them
to
the
Best
Man,
as
a
sample
of
the
article
with
which
I
should
be
glad
to
load
my
ship.
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