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There
was
a
broad
pathway
with
many
tracks
upon
it
at
the
spot
which
I
had
found
,
so
that
it
was
clearly
one
of
the
drinking-places
of
the
animals
.
Close
to
the
water
's
edge
there
was
a
huge
isolated
block
of
lava
.
Up
this
I
climbed
,
and
,
lying
on
the
top
,
I
had
an
excellent
view
in
every
direction
.
The
first
thing
which
I
saw
filled
me
with
amazement
.
When
I
described
the
view
from
the
summit
of
the
great
tree
,
I
said
that
on
the
farther
cliff
I
could
see
a
number
of
dark
spots
,
which
appeared
to
be
the
mouths
of
caves
.
Now
,
as
I
looked
up
at
the
same
cliffs
,
I
saw
discs
of
light
in
every
direction
,
ruddy
,
clearly-defined
patches
,
like
the
port-holes
of
a
liner
in
the
darkness
.
For
a
moment
I
thought
it
was
the
lava-glow
from
some
volcanic
action
;
but
this
could
not
be
so
.
Any
volcanic
action
would
surely
be
down
in
the
hollow
and
not
high
among
the
rocks
.
What
,
then
,
was
the
alternative
?
It
was
wonderful
,
and
yet
it
must
surely
be
.
These
ruddy
spots
must
be
the
reflection
of
fires
within
the
caves
--
fires
which
could
only
be
lit
by
the
hand
of
man
.
There
were
human
beings
,
then
,
upon
the
plateau
.
How
gloriously
my
expedition
was
justified
!
Here
was
news
indeed
for
us
to
bear
back
with
us
to
London
!
For
a
long
time
I
lay
and
watched
these
red
,
quivering
blotches
of
light
.
I
suppose
they
were
ten
miles
off
from
me
,
yet
even
at
that
distance
one
could
observe
how
,
from
time
to
time
,
they
twinkled
or
were
obscured
as
someone
passed
before
them
.
What
would
I
not
have
given
to
be
able
to
crawl
up
to
them
,
to
peep
in
,
and
to
take
back
some
word
to
my
comrades
as
to
the
appearance
and
character
of
the
race
who
lived
in
so
strange
a
place
!
It
was
out
of
the
question
for
the
moment
,
and
yet
surely
we
could
not
leave
the
plateau
until
we
had
some
definite
knowledge
upon
the
point
.
Lake
Gladys
--
my
own
lake
--
lay
like
a
sheet
of
quicksilver
before
me
,
with
a
reflected
moon
shining
brightly
in
the
center
of
it
.
It
was
shallow
,
for
in
many
places
I
saw
low
sandbanks
protruding
above
the
water
.
Everywhere
upon
the
still
surface
I
could
see
signs
of
life
,
sometimes
mere
rings
and
ripples
in
the
water
,
sometimes
the
gleam
of
a
great
silver-sided
fish
in
the
air
,
sometimes
the
arched
,
slate-colored
back
of
some
passing
monster
.
Once
upon
a
yellow
sandbank
I
saw
a
creature
like
a
huge
swan
,
with
a
clumsy
body
and
a
high
,
flexible
neck
,
shuffling
about
upon
the
margin
.
Presently
it
plunged
in
,
and
for
some
time
I
could
see
the
arched
neck
and
darting
head
undulating
over
the
water
.
Then
it
dived
,
and
I
saw
it
no
more
.
My
attention
was
soon
drawn
away
from
these
distant
sights
and
brought
back
to
what
was
going
on
at
my
very
feet
.
Two
creatures
like
large
armadillos
had
come
down
to
the
drinking-place
,
and
were
squatting
at
the
edge
of
the
water
,
their
long
,
flexible
tongues
like
red
ribbons
shooting
in
and
out
as
they
lapped
.
A
huge
deer
,
with
branching
horns
,
a
magnificent
creature
which
carried
itself
like
a
king
,
came
down
with
its
doe
and
two
fawns
and
drank
beside
the
armadillos
.
No
such
deer
exist
anywhere
else
upon
earth
,
for
the
moose
or
elks
which
I
have
seen
would
hardly
have
reached
its
shoulders
.
Presently
it
gave
a
warning
snort
,
and
was
off
with
its
family
among
the
reeds
,
while
the
armadillos
also
scuttled
for
shelter
.
A
new-comer
,
a
most
monstrous
animal
,
was
coming
down
the
path
.
For
a
moment
I
wondered
where
I
could
have
seen
that
ungainly
shape
,
that
arched
back
with
triangular
fringes
along
it
,
that
strange
bird-like
head
held
close
to
the
ground
.
Then
it
came
back
,
to
me
.
It
was
the
stegosaurus
--
the
very
creature
which
Maple
White
had
preserved
in
his
sketch-book
,
and
which
had
been
the
first
object
which
arrested
the
attention
of
Challenger
!
There
he
was
--
perhaps
the
very
specimen
which
the
American
artist
had
encountered
.
The
ground
shook
beneath
his
tremendous
weight
,
and
his
gulpings
of
water
resounded
through
the
still
night
.
For
five
minutes
he
was
so
close
to
my
rock
that
by
stretching
out
my
hand
I
could
have
touched
the
hideous
waving
hackles
upon
his
back
.
Then
he
lumbered
away
and
was
lost
among
the
boulders
.
Looking
at
my
watch
,
I
saw
that
it
was
half-past
two
o'clock
,
and
high
time
,
therefore
,
that
I
started
upon
my
homeward
journey
.
There
was
no
difficulty
about
the
direction
in
which
I
should
return
for
all
along
I
had
kept
the
little
brook
upon
my
left
,
and
it
opened
into
the
central
lake
within
a
stone
's
-
throw
of
the
boulder
upon
which
I
had
been
lying
.
I
set
off
,
therefore
,
in
high
spirits
,
for
I
felt
that
I
had
done
good
work
and
was
bringing
back
a
fine
budget
of
news
for
my
companions
.
Foremost
of
all
,
of
course
,
were
the
sight
of
the
fiery
caves
and
the
certainty
that
some
troglodytic
race
inhabited
them
.
But
besides
that
I
could
speak
from
experience
of
the
central
lake
.
I
could
testify
that
it
was
full
of
strange
creatures
,
and
I
had
seen
several
land
forms
of
primeval
life
which
we
had
not
before
encountered
.
I
reflected
as
I
walked
that
few
men
in
the
world
could
have
spent
a
stranger
night
or
added
more
to
human
knowledge
in
the
course
of
it
.
