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Our Eyes have seen Great Wonders

           Oneafteranothertheywentdown,andtherewerenothalf-a-dozensurvivingbythetimemycompanionandIcouldcometotheirhelp.Butouraidwasoflittleavailandonlyinvolvedusinthesameperil.Attherangeofacoupleofhundredyardsweemptiedourmagazines,firingbulletafterbulletintothebeasts,butwithnomoreeffectthanifwewerepeltingthemwithpelletsofpaper.Theirslowreptiliannaturescarednothingforwounds,andthespringsoftheirlives,withnospecialbraincenterbutscatteredthroughouttheirspinalcords,couldnotbetappedbyanymodernweapons.Themostthatwecoulddowastochecktheirprogressbydistractingtheirattentionwiththeflashandroarofourguns,andsotogiveboththenativesandourselvestimetoreachthestepswhichledtosafety.Butwheretheconicalexplosivebulletsofthetwentiethcenturywereofnoavail,thepoisonedarrowsofthenatives,dippedinthejuiceofstrophanthusandsteepedafterwardsindecayedcarrion,couldsucceed.Sucharrowswereoflittleavailtothehunterwhoattackedthebeast,becausetheiractioninthattorpidcirculationwasslow,andbeforeitspowersfaileditcouldcertainlyovertakeandslayitsassailant.Butnow,asthetwomonstershoundedustotheveryfootofthestairs,adriftofdartscamewhistlingfromeverychinkinthecliffabovethem.

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