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"
And
then
,
sir
,
what
did
you
do
next
?
"
"
It
was
the
wet
season
,
Mr.
Malone
,
and
my
stores
were
exhausted
.
I
explored
some
portion
of
this
huge
cliff
,
but
I
was
unable
to
find
any
way
to
scale
it
.
The
pyramidal
rock
upon
which
I
saw
and
shot
the
pterodactyl
was
more
accessible
.
Being
something
of
a
cragsman
,
I
did
manage
to
get
half
way
to
the
top
of
that
.
From
that
height
I
had
a
better
idea
of
the
plateau
upon
the
top
of
the
crags
.
It
appeared
to
be
very
large
;
neither
to
east
nor
to
west
could
I
see
any
end
to
the
vista
of
green-capped
cliffs
.
Below
,
it
is
a
swampy
,
jungly
region
,
full
of
snakes
,
insects
,
and
fever
.
It
is
a
natural
protection
to
this
singular
country
.
"
"
Did
you
see
any
other
trace
of
life
?
"
"
No
,
sir
,
I
did
not
;
but
during
the
week
that
we
lay
encamped
at
the
base
of
the
cliff
we
heard
some
very
strange
noises
from
above
.
"
"
But
the
creature
that
the
American
drew
?
How
do
you
account
for
that
?
"
"
We
can
only
suppose
that
he
must
have
made
his
way
to
the
summit
and
seen
it
there
.
We
know
,
therefore
,
that
there
is
a
way
up
.
We
know
equally
that
it
must
be
a
very
difficult
one
,
otherwise
the
creatures
would
have
come
down
and
overrun
the
surrounding
country
.
Surely
that
is
clear
?
"
"
But
how
did
they
come
to
be
there
?
"
"
I
do
not
think
that
the
problem
is
a
very
obscure
one
,
"
said
the
Professor
;
"
there
can
only
be
one
explanation
.
South
America
is
,
as
you
may
have
heard
,
a
granite
continent
.
At
this
single
point
in
the
interior
there
has
been
,
in
some
far
distant
age
,
a
great
,
sudden
volcanic
upheaval
.
These
cliffs
,
I
may
remark
,
are
basaltic
,
and
therefore
plutonic
.
An
area
,
as
large
perhaps
as
Sussex
,
has
been
lifted
up
en
bloc
with
all
its
living
contents
,
and
cut
off
by
perpendicular
precipices
of
a
hardness
which
defies
erosion
from
all
the
rest
of
the
continent
.
What
is
the
result
?
Why
,
the
ordinary
laws
of
Nature
are
suspended
.
The
various
checks
which
influence
the
struggle
for
existence
in
the
world
at
large
are
all
neutralized
or
altered
.
Creatures
survive
which
would
otherwise
disappear
.
You
will
observe
that
both
the
pterodactyl
and
the
stegosaurus
are
Jurassic
,
and
therefore
of
a
great
age
in
the
order
of
life
.
They
have
been
artificially
conserved
by
those
strange
accidental
conditions
.
"
"
But
surely
your
evidence
is
conclusive
.
You
have
only
to
lay
it
before
the
proper
authorities
.
"
"
So
in
my
simplicity
,
I
had
imagined
,
"
said
the
Professor
,
bitterly
.
"
I
can
only
tell
you
that
it
was
not
so
,
that
I
was
met
at
every
turn
by
incredulity
,
born
partly
of
stupidity
and
partly
of
jealousy
.
It
is
not
my
nature
,
sir
,
to
cringe
to
any
man
,
or
to
seek
to
prove
a
fact
if
my
word
has
been
doubted
.
After
the
first
I
have
not
condescended
to
show
such
corroborative
proofs
as
I
possess
.
The
subject
became
hateful
to
me
--
I
would
not
speak
of
it
.
When
men
like
yourself
,
who
represent
the
foolish
curiosity
of
the
public
,
came
to
disturb
my
privacy
I
was
unable
to
meet
them
with
dignified
reserve
.
