О дивный новый мир

           Abird’s-eyeviewoftenoradozenoftheprincipalpueblos,thenalandingforlunchinthevalleyofMalpais.Therest-housewascomfortablethere,andupatthepueblothesavageswouldprobablybecelebratingtheirsummerfestival.Itwouldbethebestplacetospendthenight.

           Theytooktheirseatsintheplaneandsetoff.Tenminuteslatertheywerecrossingthefrontierthatseparatedcivilizationfromsavagery.Uphillanddown,acrossthedesertsofsaltorsand,throughforests,intothevioletdepthofcanyons,overcragandpeakandtable-toppedmesa,thefencemarchedonandon,irresistiblythestraightline,thegeometricalsymboloftriumphanthumanpurpose.Andatitsfoot,hereandthere,amosaicofwhitebones,astillunrottedcarcasedarkonthetawnygroundmarkedtheplacewheredeerorsteer,pumaorporcupineorcoyote,orthegreedyturkeybuzzardsdrawndownbythewhiffofcarrionandfulminatedasthoughbyapoeticjustice,hadcometooclosetothedestroyingwires.

           "Theyneverlearn,"saidthegreen-uniformedpilot,pointingdownattheskeletonsonthegroundbelowthem."Andtheyneverwilllearn,"headdedandlaughed,asthoughhehadsomehowscoredapersonaltriumphovertheelectrocutedanimals.

           Bernardalsolaughed;aftertwogrammesofsomathejokeseemed,forsomereason,good