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Professor
Challenger
raised
his
great
eyebrows
in
protest
,
and
placed
a
soothing
paw
upon
my
shoulder
.
"
You
should
cultivate
the
scientific
eye
and
the
detached
scientific
mind
,
"
said
he
.
"
To
a
man
of
philosophic
temperament
like
myself
the
blood-tick
,
with
its
lancet-like
proboscis
and
its
distending
stomach
,
is
as
beautiful
a
work
of
Nature
as
the
peacock
or
,
for
that
matter
,
the
aurora
borealis
.
It
pains
me
to
hear
you
speak
of
it
in
so
unappreciative
a
fashion
.
No
doubt
,
with
due
diligence
,
we
can
secure
some
other
specimen
.
"
"
There
can
be
no
doubt
of
that
,
"
said
Summerlee
,
grimly
,
"
for
one
has
just
disappeared
behind
your
shirt-collar
.
"
Challenger
sprang
into
the
air
bellowing
like
a
bull
,
and
tore
frantically
at
his
coat
and
shirt
to
get
them
off
.
Summerlee
and
I
laughed
so
that
we
could
hardly
help
him
.
At
last
we
exposed
that
monstrous
torso
(
fifty-four
inches
,
by
the
tailor
's
tape
)
.
His
body
was
all
matted
with
black
hair
,
out
of
which
jungle
we
picked
the
wandering
tick
before
it
had
bitten
him
.
But
the
bushes
round
were
full
of
the
horrible
pests
,
and
it
was
clear
that
we
must
shift
our
camp
.
But
first
of
all
it
was
necessary
to
make
our
arrangements
with
the
faithful
negro
,
who
appeared
presently
on
the
pinnacle
with
a
number
of
tins
of
cocoa
and
biscuits
,
which
he
tossed
over
to
us
.
Of
the
stores
which
remained
below
he
was
ordered
to
retain
as
much
as
would
keep
him
for
two
months
.
The
Indians
were
to
have
the
remainder
as
a
reward
for
their
services
and
as
payment
for
taking
our
letters
back
to
the
Amazon
.
Some
hours
later
we
saw
them
in
single
file
far
out
upon
the
plain
,
each
with
a
bundle
on
his
head
,
making
their
way
back
along
the
path
we
had
come
.
Zambo
occupied
our
little
tent
at
the
base
of
the
pinnacle
,
and
there
he
remained
,
our
one
link
with
the
world
below
.
And
now
we
had
to
decide
upon
our
immediate
movements
.
We
shifted
our
position
from
among
the
tick-laden
bushes
until
we
came
to
a
small
clearing
thickly
surrounded
by
trees
upon
all
sides
.
There
were
some
flat
slabs
of
rock
in
the
center
,
with
an
excellent
well
close
by
,
and
there
we
sat
in
cleanly
comfort
while
we
made
our
first
plans
for
the
invasion
of
this
new
country
.
Birds
were
calling
among
the
foliage
--
especially
one
with
a
peculiar
whooping
cry
which
was
new
to
us
--
but
beyond
these
sounds
there
were
no
signs
of
life
.
Our
first
care
was
to
make
some
sort
of
list
of
our
own
stores
,
so
that
we
might
know
what
we
had
to
rely
upon
.
What
with
the
things
we
had
ourselves
brought
up
and
those
which
Zambo
had
sent
across
on
the
rope
,
we
were
fairly
well
supplied
.
Most
important
of
all
,
in
view
of
the
dangers
which
might
surround
us
,
we
had
our
four
rifles
and
one
thousand
three
hundred
rounds
,
also
a
shot-gun
,
but
not
more
than
a
hundred
and
fifty
medium
pellet
cartridges
.
In
the
matter
of
provisions
we
had
enough
to
last
for
several
weeks
,
with
a
sufficiency
of
tobacco
and
a
few
scientific
implements
,
including
a
large
telescope
and
a
good
field-glass
.
All
these
things
we
collected
together
in
the
clearing
,
and
as
a
first
precaution
,
we
cut
down
with
our
hatchet
and
knives
a
number
of
thorny
bushes
,
which
we
piled
round
in
a
circle
some
fifteen
yards
in
diameter
.
This
was
to
be
our
headquarters
for
the
time
--
our
place
of
refuge
against
sudden
danger
and
the
guard-house
for
our
stores
.
Fort
Challenger
,
we
called
it
.
It
was
midday
before
we
had
made
ourselves
secure
,
but
the
heat
was
not
oppressive
,
and
the
general
character
of
the
plateau
,
both
in
its
temperature
and
in
its
vegetation
,
was
almost
temperate
.
The
beech
,
the
oak
,
and
even
the
birch
were
to
be
found
among
the
tangle
of
trees
which
girt
us
in
.
One
huge
gingko
tree
,
topping
all
the
others
,
shot
its
great
limbs
and
maidenhair
foliage
over
the
fort
which
we
had
constructed
.
In
its
shade
we
continued
our
discussion
,
while
Lord
John
,
who
had
quickly
taken
command
in
the
hour
of
action
,
gave
us
his
views
.
