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This
is
the
paddle
,
fin
,
or
pseudofoot
which
has
made
prints
in
rocks
from
a
thousand
million
to
fifty
or
sixty
million
years
old
.
"
From
inner
angles
of
starfish
arrangement
project
two-foot
reddish
tubes
tapering
from
three
inches
diameter
at
base
to
one
at
tip
.
Orifices
at
tips
.
All
these
parts
infinitely
tough
and
leathery
,
but
extremely
flexible
.
Four-foot
arms
with
paddles
undoubtedly
used
for
locomotion
of
some
sort
,
marine
or
otherwise
.
When
moved
,
display
suggestions
of
exaggerated
muscularity
.
As
found
,
all
these
pro
jections
tightly
folded
over
pseudoneck
and
end
of
torso
,
corresponding
to
projections
at
other
end
.
"
Can
not
yet
assign
positively
to
animal
or
vegetable
kingdom
,
but
odds
now
favor
animal
.
Probably
represents
incredibly
advanced
evolution
of
radiata
without
loss
of
certain
primitive
features
.
Echinoderm
resemblances
unmistakable
despite
local
contradictory
evidences
.
"
Wing
structure
puzzles
in
view
of
probable
marine
habitat
,
but
may
have
use
in
water
navigation
.
Symmetry
is
curiously
vegeta
blelike
,
suggesting
vegetable
's
essential
up-and-down
structure
rather
than
animal
's
fore-and-aft
structure
.
Fabulously
early
date
of
evolution
,
preceding
even
simplest
Archaean
protozoa
hitherto
known
,
baffles
all
conjecture
as
to
origin
.
"
Complete
specimens
have
such
uncanny
resemblance
to
certain
creatures
of
primal
myth
that
suggestion
of
ancient
existence
outside
antarctic
becomes
inevitable
.
Dyer
and
Pabodie
have
read
Necronomicon
and
seen
Clark
Ashton
Smith
's
nightmare
paintings
based
on
text
,
and
will
understand
when
I
speak
of
Elder
Things
supposed
to
have
created
all
earth
life
as
jest
or
mistake
.
Students
have
always
thought
conception
formed
from
morbid
imaginative
treatment
of
very
ancient
tropical
radiata
.
Also
like
prehistoric
folklore
things
Wilmarth
has
spoken
of
-
Cthulhu
cult
appendages
,
etc.
.
"
Vast
field
of
study
opened
.
Deposits
probably
of
late
Cretaceous
or
early
Eocene
period
,
judging
from
associated
specimens
.
Massive
stalagmites
deposited
above
them
.
Hard
work
hewing
out
,
but
toughness
prevented
damage
.
State
of
preservation
miraculous
,
evidently
owing
to
limestone
action
.
No
more
found
so
far
,
but
will
resume
search
later
.
Job
now
to
get
fourteen
huge
specimens
to
camp
without
dogs
,
which
bark
furiously
and
ca
n't
be
trusted
near
them
.
"
With
nine
men
-
three
left
to
guard
the
dogs-we
ought
to
manage
the
three
sledges
fairly
well
,
though
wind
is
bad
.
Must
establish
plane
communication
with
McMurdo
Sound
and
begin
shipping
material
.
But
I
've
got
to
dissect
one
of
these
things
before
we
take
any
rest
.
Wish
I
had
a
real
laboratory
here
.
Dyer
better
kick
himself
for
having
tried
to
stop
my
westward
trip
.
First
the
world
's
greatest
mountains
,
and
then
this
.
If
this
last
is
n't
the
high
spot
of
the
expedition
,
I
do
n't
know
what
is
.
We
're
made
scientifically
.
Congrats
,
Pabodie
,
on
the
drill
that
opened
up
the
cave
.
Now
will
Arkham
please
repeat
description
?
"
The
sensations
of
Pabodie
and
myself
at
receipt
of
this
report
were
almost
beyond
description
,
nor
were
our
companions
much
behind
us
in
enthusiasm
.
McTighe
,
who
had
hastily
translated
a
few
high
spots
as
they
came
from
the
droning
receiving
set
,
wrote
out
the
entire
message
from
his
shorthand
version
as
soon
as
Lake
's
operator
signed
off
.
All
appreciated
the
epoch-making
significance
of
the
discovery
,
and
I
sent
Lake
congratulations
as
soon
as
the
Arkham
's
operator
had
repeated
back
the
descriptive
parts
as
requested
;
and
my
example
was
followed
by
Sherman
from
his
station
at
the
McMurdo
Sound
supply
cache
,
as
well
as
by
Captain
Douglas
of
the
Arkham
.
Later
,
as
head
of
the
expedition
,
I
added
some
remarks
to
be
relayed
through
the
Arkham
to
the
outside
world
.
Of
course
,
rest
was
an
absurd
thought
amidst
this
excitement
;
and
my
only
wish
was
to
get
to
Lake
's
camp
as
quickly
as
I
could
.
It
disappointed
me
when
he
sent
word
that
a
rising
mountain
gale
made
early
aerial
travel
impossible
.
