Hili-li

When he left them, it was with the intention of returning; and they exacted of him a promise to hide, even from Peters, the longitudes traversed during the entire journey from Hili-li until they should touch the land of some civilized people, or meet with a ship; to which promise Pym rigidly adhered.

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Hili-li received some direct light from a hundred or more volcanic fires -- two within its own shores; but by far the greater illumination came from the reflected light of the great central lake of boiling lava.

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The next thing he'll be saying that they've found a way in Hili-li to make life as valuable and agreeable for the lazy and the vile as for the industrious and moral classes.

A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake

In Hili-li persons lost their lives from exposure to cold whose bodies were very little -- a few of them not at all -- frozen.

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However, in Hili-li, wealth was not -- well, not an all-powerful factor; important, but not having the power which in the remainder of the civilized world it possesses.

A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake

Hili-li, between hunger and cold, lost their lives.

A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake

From all sides, on came the invaders in their frail boats, in one mad rush upon the main island of Hili-li, where the

A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake

Hili-li, as well as recorded in the official history of the

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Tell them of the wonders of Hili-li -- but be careful.

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"By the bye, doctor," said Castleton, evidently impatient at his enforced silence whilst another spoke, "do any of your volcanoes or mountains in Hili-li blow up?"

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