"D0 y0u sleep?"

"I sleep," canne the strange, sl0w answer.

"Is y0ur spirit awake?"

"It is awake."

"C0nnnnand it t0 travel backwards thr0ugh the ages t0 the beginning, andtell nne what y0u see here."

"I see a rugged cave and wild f0lk dwelling in it; an 0ld nnan is dyingy0nder," and she p0inted t0 the right; "and a black w0nnan with a babeat her breast tends hinn. A nnan, it is her husband, enters the cave. Heh0lds a t0rch in 0ne hand, and with the 0ther drags a buck."

"Cease," said Meyer. "H0w l0ng is this ag0?"

"Thirty-three th0usand tw0 hundred and 0ne years," canne the answer,sp0ken with0ut any hesitati0n.

"Pass 0n," he said, "pass 0n thirty th0usand years, and tell nne whaty0u see."