All goods formerly of linen, being now made of wood pulp, very soft yet exceedingly strong, and white, and capable of great compression, are burnt when soiled, and three or four changes of this highly antiseptic clothing can be carried in a small, thin, very light box in the vest pocket. Each member of the expedition, therefore, carried his own food, toilet and wardrobe about with him, all suited to his own particular taste and requirements. Consequently, after getting their formulæ corrected, our travellers-to-be laid in a store of such things as they needed, which left much unoccupied space in the vessel. They did not require a crew, as the vessel was now capable of being controlled by one person if necessary, and their united knowledge was such as to enable them to keep everything in excellent order with little expenditure of time and labour. In this instance it was fortunate for science that none of the three was married, or unforeseen difficulties would have arisen, for it is doubtful if their wives would have consented to their hubbies jaunting off to other worlds, and it is equally doubtful if they would have accompanied their partners, in which case this story would never have been written. Women are not the meek, down-trodden creatures historians would have us believe they had been some decades back. Long ago they had risen as one woman in revolt at their so-called slavery and subjection to man. Demanding and obtaining an active part in the government of the country they had, to some extent, lost much of that womanliness and feminine lovableness which had formerly been considered amongst the chief attributes and attractions of the sex.