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The most Wonderful Things have Happened

           Afterafewhundredyardsofthickforest,containingmanytreeswhichwerequiteunknowntome,butwhichSummerlee,whowasthebotanistoftheparty,recognizedasformsofconiferaandofcycadaceousplantswhichhavelongpassedawayintheworldbelow,weenteredaregionwherethestreamwidenedoutandformedaconsiderablebog.Highreedsofapeculiartypegrewthicklybeforeus,whichwerepronouncedtobeequisetacea,ormare’s-tails,withtree-fernsscatteredamongstthem,allofthemswayinginabriskwind.SuddenlyLordJohn,whowaswalkingfirst,haltedwithupliftedhand.

           "Lookatthis!"saidhe."ByGeorge,thismustbethetrailofthefatherofallbirds!"

           Anenormousthree-toedtrackwasimprintedinthesoftmudbeforeus.Thecreature,whateveritwas,hadcrossedtheswampandhadpassedonintotheforest.Weallstoppedtoexaminethatmonstrousspoor.Ifitwereindeedabirdandwhatanimalcouldleavesuchamark?itsfootwassomuchlargerthananostrich’sthatitsheightuponthesamescalemustbeenormous.LordJohnlookedeagerlyroundhimandslippedtwocartridgesintohiselephant-gun.

           "I’llstakemygoodnameasashikarree,"saidhe,"thatthetrackisafreshone.Thecreaturehasnotpassedtenminutes.Lookhowthewaterisstilloozingintothatdeeperprint!ByJove!See,hereisthemarkofalittleone!"

           Sureenough,smallertracksofthesamegeneralformwererunningparalleltothelargeones.

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