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It was Dreadful in the Forest

           Ahugedeer,withbranchinghorns,amagnificentcreaturewhichcarrieditselflikeaking,camedownwithitsdoeandtwofawnsanddrankbesidethearmadillos.Nosuchdeerexistanywhereelseuponearth,forthemooseorelkswhichIhaveseenwouldhardlyhavereacheditsshoulders.Presentlyitgaveawarningsnort,andwasoffwithitsfamilyamongthereeds,whilethearmadillosalsoscuttledforshelter.Anew-comer,amostmonstrousanimal,wascomingdownthepath.

           ForamomentIwonderedwhereIcouldhaveseenthatungainlyshape,thatarchedbackwithtriangularfringesalongit,thatstrangebird-likeheadheldclosetotheground.Thenitcameback,tome.ItwasthestegosaurustheverycreaturewhichMapleWhitehadpreservedinhissketch-book,andwhichhadbeenthefirstobjectwhicharrestedtheattentionofChallenger!TherehewasperhapstheveryspecimenwhichtheAmericanartisthadencountered.Thegroundshookbeneathhistremendousweight,andhisgulpingsofwaterresoundedthroughthestillnight.ForfiveminuteshewassoclosetomyrockthatbystretchingoutmyhandIcouldhavetouchedthehideouswavinghacklesuponhisback.Thenhelumberedawayandwaslostamongtheboulders.

           Lookingatmywatch,Isawthatitwashalf-pasttwoo’clock,andhightime,therefore,thatIstarteduponmyhomewardjourney.

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