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the thin gaseous tenement which he has inhabited: he be-
comes a bare vital principle, not to be perceived by human
senses, nor to be by any chemical test appreciated. He has
but one instinct, which is that he is to go to such and such
a place, where he will find two persons whom he is to im-
portune till they consent to undertake him; but whether he
is to find these persons among the race of Chowbok or the
Erewhonians themselves is not for him to choose.

1 Erewhon