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It
was
at
that
moment
that
I
had
my
inspiration
.
My
eyes
chanced
to
light
upon
the
enormous
gnarled
trunk
of
the
gingko
tree
which
cast
its
huge
branches
over
us
.
Surely
,
if
its
bole
exceeded
that
of
all
others
,
its
height
must
do
the
same
.
If
the
rim
of
the
plateau
was
indeed
the
highest
point
,
then
why
should
this
mighty
tree
not
prove
to
be
a
watchtower
which
commanded
the
whole
country
?
Now
,
ever
since
I
ran
wild
as
a
lad
in
Ireland
I
have
been
a
bold
and
skilled
tree-climber
.
My
comrades
might
be
my
masters
on
the
rocks
,
but
I
knew
that
I
would
be
supreme
among
those
branches
.
Could
I
only
get
my
legs
on
to
the
lowest
of
the
giant
off-shoots
,
then
it
would
be
strange
indeed
if
I
could
not
make
my
way
to
the
top
.
My
comrades
were
delighted
at
my
idea
.
"
Our
young
friend
,
"
said
Challenger
,
bunching
up
the
red
apples
of
his
cheeks
,
"
is
capable
of
acrobatic
exertions
which
would
be
impossible
to
a
man
of
a
more
solid
,
though
possibly
of
a
more
commanding
,
appearance
.
I
applaud
his
resolution
.
"
"
By
George
,
young
fellah
,
you
've
put
your
hand
on
it
!
"
said
Lord
John
,
clapping
me
on
the
back
.
"
How
we
never
came
to
think
of
it
before
I
ca
n't
imagine
!
There
's
not
more
than
an
hour
of
daylight
left
,
but
if
you
take
your
notebook
you
may
be
able
to
get
some
rough
sketch
of
the
place
.
If
we
put
these
three
ammunition
cases
under
the
branch
,
I
will
soon
hoist
you
on
to
it
.
"
He
stood
on
the
boxes
while
I
faced
the
trunk
,
and
was
gently
raising
me
when
Challenger
sprang
forward
and
gave
me
such
a
thrust
with
his
huge
hand
that
he
fairly
shot
me
into
the
tree
.
With
both
arms
clasping
the
branch
,
I
scrambled
hard
with
my
feet
until
I
had
worked
,
first
my
body
,
and
then
my
knees
,
onto
it
.
There
were
three
excellent
off-shoots
,
like
huge
rungs
of
a
ladder
,
above
my
head
,
and
a
tangle
of
convenient
branches
beyond
,
so
that
I
clambered
onwards
with
such
speed
that
I
soon
lost
sight
of
the
ground
and
had
nothing
but
foliage
beneath
me
.
Now
and
then
I
encountered
a
check
,
and
once
I
had
to
shin
up
a
creeper
for
eight
or
ten
feet
,
but
I
made
excellent
progress
,
and
the
booming
of
Challenger
's
voice
seemed
to
be
a
great
distance
beneath
me
.
The
tree
was
,
however
,
enormous
,
and
,
looking
upwards
,
I
could
see
no
thinning
of
the
leaves
above
my
head
.
There
was
some
thick
,
bush-like
clump
which
seemed
to
be
a
parasite
upon
a
branch
up
which
I
was
swarming
.
I
leaned
my
head
round
it
in
order
to
see
what
was
beyond
,
and
I
nearly
fell
out
of
the
tree
in
my
surprise
and
horror
at
what
I
saw
.
A
face
was
gazing
into
mine
--
at
the
distance
of
only
a
foot
or
two
.
The
creature
that
owned
it
had
been
crouching
behind
the
parasite
,
and
had
looked
round
it
at
the
same
instant
that
I
did
.
It
was
a
human
face
--
or
at
least
it
was
far
more
human
than
any
monkey
's
that
I
have
ever
seen
.
It
was
long
,
whitish
,
and
blotched
with
pimples
,
the
nose
flattened
,
and
the
lower
jaw
projecting
,
with
a
bristle
of
coarse
whiskers
round
the
chin
.
The
eyes
,
which
were
under
thick
and
heavy
brows
,
were
bestial
and
ferocious
,
and
as
it
opened
its
mouth
to
snarl
what
sounded
like
a
curse
at
me
I
observed
that
it
had
curved
,
sharp
canine
teeth
.
For
an
instant
I
read
hatred
and
menace
in
the
evil
eyes
.
Then
,
as
quick
as
a
flash
,
came
an
expression
of
overpowering
fear
.
There
was
a
crash
of
broken
boughs
as
it
dived
wildly
down
into
the
tangle
of
green
.
I
caught
a
glimpse
of
a
hairy
body
like
that
of
a
reddish
pig
,
and
then
it
was
gone
amid
a
swirl
of
leaves
and
branches
.
"
What
's
the
matter
?
"
shouted
Roxton
from
below
.
"
Anything
wrong
with
you
?
"
"
Did
you
see
it
?
"
I
cried
,
with
my
arms
round
the
branch
and
all
my
nerves
tingling
.
