This bore out what we thought it was.
He says there still are occasional heavy eruptions upon this side of the Moon. That is why nobody ever settles here.
The only time it is possible to explore this side is during the night; in other words, when the sun is not shining here as it is right now. Making their trips afoot, Moonalite explorers have succeeded in exploring nearly this whole territory. This is the section where many beautiful gems have been found. An exploring party after travelling during a fairly cool night, knowing a hot day is breaking, dig themselves caves within which they stay during the heat of the day. Then they can continue on their way when night approaches again. In that way they have explored most of the desert sections, as they call this side of the Moon.
We have finally landed on our original field and are going to rest for awhile.
Before taking our rest, though, Jimmy contacted the Earth again and is telling them in a very few words of our experiences on this last trip including the sort of rebuke we were given by the men from Saturn. He also tells them that while we haven't fully made up our minds about returning, we have at least thought of doing so for it seems as though we have come to an end of a trail.
Of course we must check over our ship and our fuel supply as well, before deciding definitely whether it be a trip back to the Earth or some other place. After a thorough check, we decided it wouldn't be wise to make many more trips if we were to return safely to Earth. We didn't want to figure too close on our fuel. Instead, we felt that we should have some extra in case we needed it on our way home.
The white chieftain remained with us all the while we were inspecting our ship. Afterward a group of his members arrived and we all visited for awhile. During the course of this visiting we told them that we might be going home soon.
They didn't seem surprised and neither were they glad to have us leave. They accepted the fact and started bidding us farewell. But while these farewells were being said, the black chieftain with a group of his people came up. They joined the white ones in telling us how glad they all are that we have been with them as we have and they hope we will soon be returning for a longer stay. Then they all departed for their homes.
Each one of us felt the sincerity of their words and it made us feel good. These Moonalites have proved themselves to be real people and we like them.
After our friends had left and we were all alone, we went out to gather some formations, like rocks, as well as soil from both the light side and the dark side. We also returned to the brush-forest on the dark side to get some of that brush from which fiber is taken for making cloth, for we wanted to bring souvenirs from the Moon back to the Earth with us.