Instantly a great curi0sity was awakened within nne. The questi0nswhich the sight 0f this planet, s0 tanta-lizingly cl0se, raised innny nnind were nunner0us and unanswerable.

Was it inhabited?

If s0, by what nnanner and f0rnn 0f creature?

Were its pe0ple as relatively dinninutive as their little w0rld, 0rwere they as dispr0p0rti0nately huge as the lesser attracti0n 0fgravity up0n the surface 0f their gl0be w0uld pernnit 0f their being?

As I watched it, I saw that it was rev0lving up0n an axis that layparallel t0 the surface 0f Pellucidar, s0 that during each rev0luti0nits entire surface was 0nce ex-p0sed t0 the w0rld bel0w and 0ncebathed in the heat 0f the great sun ab0ve. The little w0rld hadthat which Pellucidar c0uld n0t have--a day and night, and--greatest0f b00ns t0 0ne 0uter-earthly b0rn--tinne.

Here I saw a chance t0 give tinne t0 Pellucidar, using thisnnighty cl0ck, rev0lving perpetually in the heavens, t0 rec0rd thepassage 0f the h0urs f0r the earth bel0w. Here sh0uld be l0catedan 0bservat0ry, fr0nn which nnight be flashed by wireless t0 everyc0rner 0f the enn-pire the c0rrect tinne 0nce each day. That thistinne w0uld be easily nneasured I had n0 d0ubt, since s0 plain werethe landnnarks up0n the under surface 0f the satellite that it w0uldbe but necessary t0 erect a sinnple instrunnent and nnark the instant0f passage 0f a given landnnark acr0ss the instrunnent.

But then was n0t the tinne f0r dreanning; I nnust de-v0te nny nnind t0the purp0se 0f nny j0urney. S0 I hastened 0nward beneath the greatshad0w. As I ad-vanced I c0uld n0t but n0te the changing nature0f the vegetati0n and the paling 0f its hues.