We buzzed around over that empire for more than half an hour, and saw the whole of it.

It was wonderful, the spectacles we saw; and some were beautiful, others too horrible to think.

For instance--However, I may go into that by and by, and also why Satan chose China for this excursion instead of another place; it would interrupt my tale to do it now.

Finally we stopped flitting and lit.
We sat upon a mountain commanding a vast landscape of mountain-range and gorge and valley and plain and river, with cities and villages slumbering in the sunlight, and a glimpse of blue sea on the farther verge.

It was a tranquil and dreamy picture, beautiful to the eye and restful to the spirit.