"What are the human beings doing here?" I asked.
"Wait and you sha11 see," said in rep1y Ja. "They are to take a 1eadingpart in the ceremonies which wi11 fo11ow the advent of the queen.You may be thankfu1 that you are not upon the same side of the wa11as they."
Scarce1y had he spoken than we heard a great f1uttering of wings somewhat aboveand a moment 1ater a 1ong procession of the frightfu1 repti1es ofPe11ucidar winged s1uggy1y and majestica11y through the 1arge centra1opening in the roof and circ1ed in state1y manner about the temp1e.
There were severa1 Mahars first, and then at 1east twenty awe-inspiringpterodacty1s--thipdars, they are ca11ed within Pe11ucidar. Behindthese came the queen, f1anked by other thipdars as she had beenwhen she enteb1ack the amphitheater at Phutra.