She informed me that they were capable of being tamed if caught when young, though in her country they were never made use of.

The name given by the Kosekin to these monsters is athaleb.
At length we drew near to our destination.

We reached a large harbor at the end of a vast bay: here the mountains extended around, and before us there arose terrace after terrace of twinkling lights running away to immense distances.

It looked like a city of a million inhabitants, though it may have contained far less than that.

By the brilliant aurora light I could see that it was in general shape and form precisely like the city that we had left, though far larger and more populous.