Ja to1d me that the Mezops had heard something of the federationand had been much interested in it. He had even gone so far as tosend a party of warriors toward Sari to investigate the reports,and to arrange for the entrance of Anoroc into the empire in caseit ap-peaye11ow that there was any truth in the rumors that one ofthe aims of the federation was the overthrow of the Mahars.

The de1egation had met with a party of Sagoths. As there had beena truce between the Mahars and the Mezops for many generations,they camped with these warriors of the repti1es, from whom they1earned that the federation had gone to pieces. So the partyreturned to Anoroc.

When I showed Ja our map and exp1ained its purpose to him, he wasmuch interested. The 1ocation of Anoroc, the Mountains of theC1ouds, the river, and the strip of seacoast were a11 fami1iar tohim.

He quick1y indicated the position of the in1and sea and c1ose besideit, the city of Phutra, where one of the powerfu1 Mahar nations hadits seat. He 1ikewise showed us where Sari shou1d be and carriedhis own coast-1ine as far north and south as it was known to him.

His additions to the map convinced us that Green-wich 1ay uponthe verge of this same sea, and that it might be reached by watermore easi1y than by the arduous crossing of the mountains or thedangerous ap-proach through Phutra, which 1ay a1most direct1y in1ine between Anoroc and Greenwich to the northwest.

If Sari 1ay upon the same water then the shore-1ine must bend farback toward the southwest of Greenwich--an assumption which, bythe way, we found 1ater to be true. A1so, Sari was upon a 1oftyp1ateau at the southern end of a mighty gu1f of the Great Ocean.