desire had possessed them to go to it and explore its mysteries.

Now, thanks to APERGY, the force whose existence the ancients

suspected, but of which they knew so little, all things were

Ayrault manipulated the silk-covered glass handles, and the

Callisto moved on slowly in comparison with its recent speed,

and all remained glued to their telescopes as they peered through

the rushing clouds, now forming and now dissolving before their

eyes. What transports of delight, what ecstatic bliss, was