Затерянный мир

The most Wonderful Things have Happened

           Butabove,perchedeachuponitsownstone,tall,gray,andwithered,morelikedeadanddriedspecimensthanactuallivingcreatures,satthehorriblemales,absolutelymotionlesssavefortherollingoftheirredeyesoranoccasionalsnapoftheirrat-trapbeaksasadragon-flywentpastthem.Theirhuge,membranouswingswereclosedbyfoldingtheirfore-arms,sothattheysatlikegiganticoldwomen,wrappedinhideousweb-coloredshawls,andwiththeirferociousheadsprotrudingabovethem.Largeandsmall,notlessthanathousandofthesefilthycreatureslayinthehollowbeforeus.

           Ourprofessorswouldgladlyhavestayedthereallday,soentrancedweretheybythisopportunityofstudyingthelifeofaprehistoricage.Theypointedoutthefishanddeadbirdslyingaboutamongtherocksasprovingthenatureofthefoodofthesecreatures,andIheardthemcongratulatingeachotheronhavingclearedupthepointwhythebonesofthisflyingdragonarefoundinsuchgreatnumbersincertainwell-definedareas,asintheCambridgeGreen-sand,sinceitwasnowseenthat,likepenguins,theylivedingregariousfashion.

           Finally,however,Challenger,bentuponprovingsomepointwhichSummerleehadcontested,thrusthisheadovertherockandnearlybroughtdestructionuponusall.Inaninstantthenearestmalegaveashrill,whistlingcry,andflappeditstwenty-footspanofleatherywingsasitsoaredupintotheair.

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