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"Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a

sensation of pleasure. I started up and beheld a radiant form

rise from among the trees. [The moon] I gazed with a kind of

wonder. It moved slowly, but it enlightened my path, and I again

went out in search of berries. I was still cold when under one of

the trees I found a huge cloak, with which I covered myself, and

sat down upon the ground. No distinct ideas occupied my mind; all

was confused. I felt light, and hunger, and thirst, and darkness;

innumerable sounds rang in my ears, and on all sides various

scents saluted me; the only object that I could distinguish was

the bright moon, and I fixed my eyes on that with pleasure.