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He
seemed
to
be
the
youngest
of
them
all
,
and
yet
,
so
proud
and
high
was
his
spirit
that
,
upon
Challenger
laying
his
great
hand
upon
his
head
,
he
started
like
a
spurred
horse
and
,
with
a
quick
flash
of
his
dark
eyes
,
moved
further
away
from
the
Professor
.
Then
,
placing
his
hand
upon
his
breast
and
holding
himself
with
great
dignity
,
he
uttered
the
word
"
Maretas
"
several
times
.
The
Professor
,
unabashed
,
seized
the
nearest
Indian
by
the
shoulder
and
proceeded
to
lecture
upon
him
as
if
he
were
a
potted
specimen
in
a
class-room
.
"
The
type
of
these
people
,
"
said
he
in
his
sonorous
fashion
,
"
whether
judged
by
cranial
capacity
,
facial
angle
,
or
any
other
test
,
can
not
be
regarded
as
a
low
one
;
on
the
contrary
,
we
must
place
it
as
considerably
higher
in
the
scale
than
many
South
American
tribes
which
I
can
mention
.
On
no
possible
supposition
can
we
explain
the
evolution
of
such
a
race
in
this
place
.
For
that
matter
,
so
great
a
gap
separates
these
ape-men
from
the
primitive
animals
which
have
survived
upon
this
plateau
,
that
it
is
inadmissible
to
think
that
they
could
have
developed
where
we
find
them
.
"
"
Then
where
the
dooce
did
they
drop
from
?
"
asked
Lord
John
.
"
A
question
which
will
,
no
doubt
,
be
eagerly
discussed
in
every
scientific
society
in
Europe
and
America
,
"
the
Professor
answered
.
"
My
own
reading
of
the
situation
for
what
it
is
worth
--
"
he
inflated
his
chest
enormously
and
looked
insolently
around
him
at
the
words
--
"
is
that
evolution
has
advanced
under
the
peculiar
conditions
of
this
country
up
to
the
vertebrate
stage
,
the
old
types
surviving
and
living
on
in
company
with
the
newer
ones
.
Thus
we
find
such
modern
creatures
as
the
tapir
--
an
animal
with
quite
a
respectable
length
of
pedigree
--
the
great
deer
,
and
the
ant-eater
in
the
companionship
of
reptilian
forms
of
jurassic
type
.
So
much
is
clear
.
And
now
come
the
ape-men
and
the
Indian
.
What
is
the
scientific
mind
to
think
of
their
presence
?
I
can
only
account
for
it
by
an
invasion
from
outside
.
It
is
probable
that
there
existed
an
anthropoid
ape
in
South
America
,
who
in
past
ages
found
his
way
to
this
place
,
and
that
he
developed
into
the
creatures
we
have
seen
,
some
of
which
"
--
here
he
looked
hard
at
me
--
"
were
of
an
appearance
and
shape
which
,
if
it
had
been
accompanied
by
corresponding
intelligence
,
would
,
I
do
not
hesitate
to
say
,
have
reflected
credit
upon
any
living
race
.
As
to
the
Indians
I
can
not
doubt
that
they
are
more
recent
immigrants
from
below
.
Under
the
stress
of
famine
or
of
conquest
they
have
made
their
way
up
here
.
Faced
by
ferocious
creatures
which
they
had
never
before
seen
,
they
took
refuge
in
the
caves
which
our
young
friend
has
described
,
but
they
have
no
doubt
had
a
bitter
fight
to
hold
their
own
against
wild
beasts
,
and
especially
against
the
ape-men
who
would
regard
them
as
intruders
,
and
wage
a
merciless
war
upon
them
with
a
cunning
which
the
larger
beasts
would
lack
.
Hence
the
fact
that
their
numbers
appear
to
be
limited
.
Well
,
gentlemen
,
have
I
read
you
the
riddle
aright
,
or
is
there
any
point
which
you
would
query
?
"
Professor
Summerlee
for
once
was
too
depressed
to
argue
,
though
he
shook
his
head
violently
as
a
token
of
general
disagreement
.
Lord
John
merely
scratched
his
scanty
locks
with
the
remark
that
he
could
n't
put
up
a
fight
as
he
was
n't
in
the
same
weight
or
class
.
For
my
own
part
I
performed
my
usual
role
of
bringing
things
down
to
a
strictly
prosaic
and
practical
level
by
the
remark
that
one
of
the
Indians
was
missing
.
"
He
has
gone
to
fetch
some
water
,
"
said
Lord
Roxton
.
"
We
fitted
him
up
with
an
empty
beef
tin
and
he
is
off
.
"
"
To
the
old
camp
?
"
I
asked
.
"
No
,
to
the
brook
.
It
's
among
the
trees
there
.
It
ca
n't
be
more
than
a
couple
of
hundred
yards
.
But
the
beggar
is
certainly
taking
his
time
.
"
