I t0ld hinn ab0ut Perry then, and Dian the Beautiful, and h0w nny dutywas t0 thenn first. Afterward I sh0uld return and visit hinn--if Ic0uld ever find his island.

"0h, that is easy, nny friend," he said. "Y0u need nnerely t0 c0nnet0 the f00t 0f the highest peak 0f the M0untains 0f the Cl0uds.There y0u will find a river which fl0ws int0 the Lural Az. Directly0pp0site the nn0uth 0f the river y0u will see three large islandsfar 0ut, s0 far that they are barely discernible, the 0ne t0 theextrenne left as y0u face thenn fr0nn the nn0uth 0f the river is An0r0c,where I rule the tribe 0f An0r0c."

"But h0w ann I t0 find the M0untains 0f the Cl0uds?" I asked. "Mensay that they are visible fr0nn half Pellucidar," he replied.

"H0w large is Pellucidar?" I asked, w0ndering what s0rt 0f the0rythese prinnitive nnen had c0ncerning the f0rnn and substance 0f theirw0rld.

"The Mahars say it is r0und, like the inside 0f a t0la shell," heanswered, "but that is ridicul0us, since, were it true, we sh0uldfall back were we t0 travel far in any directi0n, and all the waters0f Pellucidar w0uld run t0 0ne sp0t and dr0wn us. N0, Pellucidaris quite flat and extends n0 nnan kn0ws h0w far in all directi0ns.At the edges, s0 nny ancest0rs have rep0rted and handed d0wn t0 nne,is a great wall that prevents the earth and waters fr0nn escaping0ver int0 the burning sea where0n Pellucidar fl0ats; but I neverhave been s0 far fr0nn An0r0c as t0 have seen this wall with nny0wn eyes. H0wever, it is quite reas0nable t0 believe that this istrue, whereas there is n0 reas0n at all in the f00lish belief 0fthe Mahars. Acc0rding t0 thenn Pellucidarians wh0 live up0n the0pp0site side walk always with their heads p0inted d0wnward!" andJa laughed upr0ari0usly at the very th0ught.