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For once I was the Hero

           "Wehavetobearinmind,"remarkedSummerlee,"thattherearemanyprehistoricformswhichhavenevercomedowntous.Itwouldberashtosupposethatwecangiveanametoallthatwearelikelytomeet."

           "Exactly.Aroughclassificationmaybethebestthatwecanattempt.To-morrowsomefurtherevidencemayhelpustoanidentification.Meantimewecanonlyrenewourinterruptedslumbers."

           "Butnotwithoutasentinel,"saidLordJohn,withdecision."Wecan’taffordtotakechancesinacountrylikethis.Two-hourspellsinthefuture,foreachofus."

           "ThenI’lljustfinishmypipeinstartingthefirstone,"saidProfessorSummerlee;andfromthattimeonwardswenevertrustedourselvesagainwithoutawatchman.

           Inthemorningitwasnotlongbeforewediscoveredthesourceofthehideousuproarwhichhadarousedusinthenight.Theiguanodongladewasthesceneofahorriblebutchery.Fromthepoolsofbloodandtheenormouslumpsoffleshscatteredineverydirectionoverthegreenswardweimaginedatfirstthatanumberofanimalshadbeenkilled,butonexaminingtheremainsmorecloselywediscoveredthatallthiscarnagecamefromoneoftheseunwieldymonsters,whichhadbeenliterallytorntopiecesbysomecreaturenotlarger,perhaps,butfarmoreferocious,thanitself.

           Ourtwoprofessorssatinabsorbedargument,examiningpieceafterpiece,whichshowedthemarksofsavageteethandofenormousclaws.

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