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His
words
died
away
into
a
whisper
,
and
we
all
stood
in
motionless
amazement
.
Following
the
tracks
,
we
had
left
the
morass
and
passed
through
a
screen
of
brushwood
and
trees
.
Beyond
was
an
open
glade
,
and
in
this
were
five
of
the
most
extraordinary
creatures
that
I
have
ever
seen
.
Crouching
down
among
the
bushes
,
we
observed
them
at
our
leisure
.
There
were
,
as
I
say
,
five
of
them
,
two
being
adults
and
three
young
ones
.
In
size
they
were
enormous
.
Even
the
babies
were
as
big
as
elephants
,
while
the
two
large
ones
were
far
beyond
all
creatures
I
have
ever
seen
.
They
had
slate-colored
skin
,
which
was
scaled
like
a
lizard
's
and
shimmered
where
the
sun
shone
upon
it
.
All
five
were
sitting
up
,
balancing
themselves
upon
their
broad
,
powerful
tails
and
their
huge
three-toed
hind-feet
,
while
with
their
small
five-fingered
front-feet
they
pulled
down
the
branches
upon
which
they
browsed
.
I
do
not
know
that
I
can
bring
their
appearance
home
to
you
better
than
by
saying
that
they
looked
like
monstrous
kangaroos
,
twenty
feet
in
length
,
and
with
skins
like
black
crocodiles
.
I
do
not
know
how
long
we
stayed
motionless
gazing
at
this
marvelous
spectacle
.
A
strong
wind
blew
towards
us
and
we
were
well
concealed
,
so
there
was
no
chance
of
discovery
.
From
time
to
time
the
little
ones
played
round
their
parents
in
unwieldy
gambols
,
the
great
beasts
bounding
into
the
air
and
falling
with
dull
thuds
upon
the
earth
.
The
strength
of
the
parents
seemed
to
be
limitless
,
for
one
of
them
,
having
some
difficulty
in
reaching
a
bunch
of
foliage
which
grew
upon
a
considerable-sized
tree
,
put
his
fore-legs
round
the
trunk
and
tore
it
down
as
if
it
had
been
a
sapling
.
The
action
seemed
,
as
I
thought
,
to
show
not
only
the
great
development
of
its
muscles
,
but
also
the
small
one
of
its
brain
,
for
the
whole
weight
came
crashing
down
upon
the
top
of
it
,
and
it
uttered
a
series
of
shrill
yelps
to
show
that
,
big
as
it
was
,
there
was
a
limit
to
what
it
could
endure
.
The
incident
made
it
think
,
apparently
,
that
the
neighborhood
was
dangerous
,
for
it
slowly
lurched
off
through
the
wood
,
followed
by
its
mate
and
its
three
enormous
infants
.
We
saw
the
shimmering
slaty
gleam
of
their
skins
between
the
tree-trunks
,
and
their
heads
undulating
high
above
the
brush-wood
.
Then
they
vanished
from
our
sight
.
I
looked
at
my
comrades
.
Lord
John
was
standing
at
gaze
with
his
finger
on
the
trigger
of
his
elephant-gun
,
his
eager
hunter
's
soul
shining
from
his
fierce
eyes
.
What
would
he
not
give
for
one
such
head
to
place
between
the
two
crossed
oars
above
the
mantelpiece
in
his
snuggery
at
the
Albany
!
And
yet
his
reason
held
him
in
,
for
all
our
exploration
of
the
wonders
of
this
unknown
land
depended
upon
our
presence
being
concealed
from
its
inhabitants
.
The
two
professors
were
in
silent
ecstasy
.
In
their
excitement
they
had
unconsciously
seized
each
other
by
the
hand
,
and
stood
like
two
little
children
in
the
presence
of
a
marvel
,
Challenger
's
cheeks
bunched
up
into
a
seraphic
smile
,
and
Summerlee
's
sardonic
face
softening
for
the
moment
into
wonder
and
reverence
.
"
Nunc
dimittis
!
"
he
cried
at
last
.
"
What
will
they
say
in
England
of
this
?
"
"
My
dear
Summerlee
,
I
will
tell
you
with
great
confidence
exactly
what
they
will
say
in
England
,
"
said
Challenger
.
"
They
will
say
that
you
are
an
infernal
liar
and
a
scientific
charlatan
,
exactly
as
you
and
others
said
of
me
.
"
"
In
the
face
of
photographs
?
"
"
Faked
,
Summerlee
!
Clumsily
faked
!
"
