Alphabet,--were communicating ideas. My paper and pencil
had been of course before me. I jotted down the
despatch, whose language I knew perfectly:--

"Show `I understand' on the Saw-Mill Flat."
"Show `I understand' on the Saw-Mill Flat."
"Show `I understand' on the Saw-Mill Flat."

By "I understand" they meant the responsive signal
given, in all telegraphy, by an operator who has received
and understood a message.

As soon as this exercise had been three times
repeated, they proceeded in a solid body--much the most
apparent object I had had until now--to Circle No. 3, and
then evidently descended into the MOON.

The eclipse soon began, but I knew the MOON'S path
now, and followed the dusky, coppery spot without
difficulty. At 1.33 it emerged, and in a very few
moments I saw the solid column pass from Circle No. 3
again, deploy on the edge again, and repeat three times
the signal:--

"Show `I understand' on the Saw-Mill Flat."
"Show `I understand' on the Saw-Mill Flat."
"Show `I understand' on the Saw-Mill Flat."

It was clear that Orcutt had known that the edge of
his little world would be most easy of observation, and