While in the air, we decide to fly above the mountain range dividing
the dark and the light sides. About three miles along this range
from the spot on the plateau where we had originally landed, we see
what appears to be a village, about half way up the mountainside.
The chieftain of the dark race points to himself and to the village,
indicating that is his village. It is located on the light side of the
mountain.
We have turned and are flying over the mountain range to the dark side
of the Moon. Here again we see the fishing shacks and the little lake
which we had visited earlier, during our ground exploring. From here
the chieftain of the white race points the way for us to go. We fly
over the lake and on for about five miles beyond, where we see another
village, altogether different from the one on the mountainside. The
first village we saw belonging to the dark race seemed to belong more
to cliff dwellers, while this one belonging to the white race is in a
valley between two ranges of mountains. The range on the far side of
the valley, being farther away from the heat and dryness of the light
side than the mountains we have recently flown over, has a much heavier
growth of trees and brush, signifying to us that more moisture and
cooler weather prevail here. Some of the mountains in this range have
very high peaks and on these we see snow.
The houses in this village in the valley appear to be built square, box
type. Some are taller than others and there are quite a number of them.
They seem to be built around a central park or community square in
quite a picturesque fashion. Behind these homes and along the foot of
the mountains stretch small cultivated areas where the villagers grow
their vegetables and grains.
The chieftain of the white race points to himself, indicating that this
is his village.
We continue flying farther up the valley for a distance of about one
hundred miles deeper into the dark side, but still within the fertile
belt we had observed as we first approached the Moon, that seemed to
stretch around the Moon between the light side filled with craters and
deserts and the dark side that is never visible to the Earth. Through
this valley we see several small ponds or small lakes. The entire area
looks very fertile and there is some tall timber growing on the higher
mountains. All of the lakes seem to have some dwellings around them. In
one place there is quite a large settlement near a lake.
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