ABSTRACT
This chapter reproduces the text from Chapter I of Ada Reis, Volume III. Kabkarra said that every plant seeks its own soil, and possesses its peculiar property; every insect seeks its peculiar plant; the wild beast roams the forest; the barren rocks are the home of the vampyre. In the same manner, and according to the same law of nature, every country is peopled by invisible as well as visible inhabitants; some prone, like Ada Reis, to mischief and wickedness, and others virtuous and benevolent. Whilst Kabkarra thus spoke, the marimondas, the birds, the crocodiles, all approached the mouth of the cave, as if listening to him; whilst the musk-ox, with his long horns, and the vicuna, stood and stared from the heights with stupid tameness.
