s and the grand sorcerer and sorceress
from Egyplosis. Astronomer Starbottle and Flathootly had so far
evidently succeeded in their mission.

Hushnoly reported that all Egyplosis was up in arms for the cause of
the queen. The priestesses had formed an amazonian legion of five
thousand wayleals. These would be commanded by the high priestess
Zooly-Soase and the grand sorceress Thoubool in equal divisions. The
sacred phalanx of priests of the spiritual palace would be under the
command of the grand sorcerer, while Hushnoly would hold himself in
readiness for a special command.

While praising the devotion of the twin-souls, a message by telegraph
was received from Gnaphisthasia, stating that the lord of art,
Yermoul, was on his way to Kioram. He would travel on the wing by a
circuitous route, to avoid contact with any of the king's wayleals.
Yermoul would be accompanied by the chief priests of poetry, painting,
sculpture, music, decoration, architecture, and dancing.

No messenger had been sent to Grasnagallipas, high priest of the
palace of inventions in Calnogor, as tidings had been received from
that quarter that the priests of invention, owing to their close
connection with the seat of government, had become bockhockids of the
king. The defection of Grasnagallipas was a severe blow to our cause,
as he was the greatest inventor in the kingdom, and master of ten
thousand magnetic bockhockids, that machine being his own invention.

Governor Ladalmir said the crisis upon which we were to deliberate
demanded immediate action, and the first step to be taken was to
appoint a commander-in-chief for the army of the queen. The victory
achieved by the commander of the _Polar King_ in fighting the royal
navy single-handed, and his personal sympathy with her majesty,
pointed out his excellency, Lexington White, already lord admiral of
the fleet, as the man of all others fit to assume the supreme command
of all operations directed against the royal army to secure the
liberation of Lyone and the reformation of the religion of Atvatabar.
"I therefore," said he, "nominate his excellency, Lexington White,
commander-in-chief of the army of the queen."

The governor's proposition was received with the wildest enthusiasm,
and I gracefully accepted the high honor conferred upon me.

Hushnoly was appointed my assistant, under the title of supreme
general of the army, and the list of generals included the grand
sorcerer Charka, the gr