We shall see better from there." The upper deck ended in a railing, below which protruded, from the level of the lower deck, the prow proper of the boat.

Upon this prow, in a small compartment of which the roof, as well as the walls, was of hardened glass, stood the steersman amid his wheels.

But the wheels were unlike anything that the bewildered man who looked down had ever dreamed of.

First, they were not more than six inches in diameter; and next, they were arranged, like notes on a keyboard, with their edges towards him, with the whole set curved round him in a semicircle.
"Those to right and left," explained the priest, "control the planes on either side; those in front, on the left, control the engines and the gas supply; and on the right, the tail of the boat.

Watch him, and you'll see.