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Those Were the Real Conquests

           Hereandtherehighserpentheadsprojectedoutofthewater,cuttingswiftlythroughitwithalittlecollaroffoaminfront,andalongswirlingwakebehind,risingandfallingingraceful,swan-likeundulationsastheywent.Itwasnotuntiloneofthesecreatureswriggledontoasand-bankwithinafewhundredyardsofus,andexposedabarrel-shapedbodyandhugeflippersbehindthelongserpentneck,thatChallenger,andSummerlee,whohadjoinedus,brokeoutintotheirduetofwonderandadmiration.

           "Plesiosaurus!Afresh-waterplesiosaurus!"criedSummerlee."ThatIshouldhavelivedtoseesuchasight!Weareblessed,mydearChallenger,aboveallzoologistssincetheworldbegan!"

           Itwasnotuntilthenighthadfallen,andthefiresofoursavagealliesglowedredintheshadows,thatourtwomenofsciencecouldbedraggedawayfromthefascinationsofthatprimevallake.Eveninthedarknessaswelayuponthestrand,weheardfromtimetotimethesnortandplungeofthehugecreatureswholivedtherein.

           Atearliestdawnourcampwasastirandanhourlaterwehadstarteduponourmemorableexpedition.OfteninmydreamshaveIthoughtthatImightlivetobeawarcorrespondent.

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