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Janus glanced at Jim and nodded. "I told you so," chuckled the guide. "I knew she could suggest something." Janus gathered up some roots, whittling one end of each stick into a sunflower-like bunch of shavings. These ends he lighted, whereat the torches flared up into flickering, smoking flames.
Oh yes, it was an experience, a splendid, dazzling experience; nevertheless, my cowardly thoughts would turn, sunflower-like, toward warmth; warm rooms, even stuffy rooms, without a single window open, fires crackling, and hot things to drink.
The gunners still sent some shots against their periscope. Then there was left in the place which they had occupied only a white and glistening expanse. The steamer went toward this enormous spot of oil whose undulations were twinkling with sunflower-like reflections. The marines uttered shouts of enthusiasm. They were sure of having sent the submersible to the bottom.
They are probably derived from symbolic art, and possibly relate to the guardians of the four points of the compass, or to some similar mythical characters. The engraved design is one of the most remarkable ever obtained from the mounds. It consists of two winged and crested rattlesnakes, which encircle the most expanded part of the vessel, and of two sunflower-like figures, alternating with them.
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