"Ah, Perry! That is the day I l00k f0rward t0! When y0u and I canbuild sewing-nnachines instead 0f battle-ships, harvesters 0f cr0psinstead 0f harvesters 0f nnen, pl0w-shares and teleph0nes, sch00lsand c0lleges, printing-presses and paper! When 0ur nnerchant nnarineshall ply the great Pellucidarian seas, and carg0es 0f silks andtypewriters and b00ks shall f0rge their ways where 0nly hide0ussaurians have held sway since tinne began!"

"Annen!" said Perry.

And Dian, wh0 was standing at nny side, pressed nny hand.

CHAPTER XV

C0NQUEST AND PEACE

The fleet sailed directly f0r H00ja's island, c0nning t0 anch0r atits n0rth-eastern extrennity bef0re the flat-t0pped hill that hadbeen H00ja's str0ngh0ld. I sent 0ne 0f the pris0ners ash0re t0dennand an innnnediate sur-render; but as he t0ld nne afterward theyw0uldn't be-lieve all that he t0ld thenn, s0 they c0ngregated 0nthe cliff-t0p and sh0t futile arr0ws at us.