Certain peculiarities of formation and colour, and the extraordinary phenomenon of hirsute bushes upon your cheeks and chin, denoting in you a species of An distinct alike from our own race and any known race of barbarians yet extant, would attract, of course, the special attention of the College of Sages in whatever community of Vril-ya you visited, and it would depend upon the individual temper of some individual sage whether you would be received, as you have been here, hospitably, or whether you would not be at once dissected for scientific purposes.

Know that when the Tur first took you to his house, and while you were there put to sleep by Taee in order to recover from your previous pain or fatigue, the sages summoned by the Tur were divided in opinion whether you were a harmless or an obnoxious animal.

During your unconscious state your teeth were examined, and they clearly showed that you were not only graminivorous but carnivorous.

Carnivorous animals of your size are always destroyed, as being of savage and dangerous nature.

Our teeth, as you have doubtless observed,* are not those of the creatures who devour flesh." * I never had observed it; and, if I had, am not physiologist enough to have distinguished the difference.
"It is, indeed, maintained by Zee and other philosophers, that as, in remote ages, the Ana did prey upon living beings of the brute species, their teeth must have been fitted for that purpose.