Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to EntoWeiss, Sara
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Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Weiss, Sara
Mars (Planet) -- Miscellanea; Spirit writings
How very tall those dark skinned men are, and they are so erect and
finely proportioned. Yes, notwithstanding their lustrous bronze
complexions they certainly are handsome men. Their long, black, wavy
hair, large dark eyes, regular features and very intelligent expression
is in strong contrast with the fair complexioned, brown or blond
haired, gray or blue eyed, and smaller men who are working on the
tramways.
All, both dark or fair, wear their hair to their shoulders, parted in
the middle or on one side, pushed well back from the forehead and held
in place by what appears to be fillets of silver. All wear shapely,
half loose garments, reaching to the knees, and the lower limbs are
clothed in loose fitting--well, as I do not know the Ento name, I shall
say trowsers.
De L'Ester--The Ento name for the upper garment is lenivo. For the
trowsers, as nearly as I can pronounce it, the Ento name is birrsch.
And for the foot covering, which you perceive is a very nicely formed
shoe, not of leather, but of a manufactured material, the name is--no,
not fettos, but pfettos.
We now will move to the tented space, and in a general way, but
briefly, you will further describe the appearance of those men and
women who are engaged in quiet discussion over fragments of the smaller
fossils.
Gentola--Both men and women of the dark skinned race are exceedingly
tall. The men are very handsome, very distinguished looking, with a
dignity of bearing quite devoid of ostentation.
The women are very beautiful, very graceful, very gentle, and quiet,
and with such fine, intelligent expression, that I cannot find words to
express my sense of their superiority to any women I ever have seen.
I do not quite so much admire the fair skinned men and women who are
more slightly built, but who are taller and stouter than any earth race
that I know of, and certainly they are in appearance very admirable.
Bruno, were you sufficiently tall, you might claim kindred with some
of those handsome, olive skinned men and women, who are but slightly
darker than yourself. They appear to represent one race, the bronze
complexioned ones another, the fair skinned men and women an entirely
different race.
It seems odd that the men, as well as the women, wear their hair long
and flowing. The hair of the men to their shoulders, that of the women
quite below their waists, and all wear fillets of various kinds. I must
say that I think the effect very pretty. As for the garments of both
sexes, they seem to me simply perfection, not at all voluminous, but
loose, graceful and of textures so admirable as to weave and coloring
that seldom have I seen fabrics so beautiful.
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