Another World - Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Benjamin Lumley
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XXXVIII.--PAPER. Made from leaves of trees--Peculiarities--Process of manufacture-- Healthful fragrance--Colour--"Natural" paper--GOLDEN COLOURED PAPER--Its connection with the Allmanyuka--The incident which led to its discovery XXXIX.--CONSUMPTION--THE ÉMEUTE. Consumption--Why generally beyond cure--Erroneous views--The patient--Examination by the doctors--Their mistake--Narrator's belief--Potion administered--Death--Cause discovered--Mode of detecting and curing the disease in its germ--Assemblage of the multitude--Episode of the mother and the child--The sequel XL.--THE HARP. The principal musical instrument--Description--Four sets of chords--Strings of electricity--Marvellous variation and depression of the notes--Echoes and responses--Diapason changed to an extraordinary extent--Different characters of sound produced--Examples--Harp language; how taught--Accompaniments--Harp beautiful as a work of sculptural art--Movement of birds, flowers, and foliage, and exhalation of perfume in accord with the music--How idea was suggested |
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