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A Procession! A Procession!
Ofpersonaladventureshesaidlittle,butlaidstressupontherichharvestreapedbyScienceintheobservationsofthewonderfulbeast,bird,insect,andplantlifeoftheplateau.Peculiarlyrichinthecoleopteraandinthelepidoptera,forty-sixnewspeciesoftheoneandninety-fouroftheotherhadbeensecuredinthecourseofafewweeks.Itwas,however,inthelargeranimals,andespeciallyinthelargeranimalssupposedtohavebeenlongextinct,thattheinterestofthepublicwasnaturallycentered.Ofthesehewasabletogiveagoodlylist,buthadlittledoubtthatitwouldbelargelyextendedwhentheplacehadbeenmorethoroughlyinvestigated.Heandhiscompanionshadseenatleastadozencreatures,mostofthematadistance,whichcorrespondedwithnothingatpresentknowntoScience.Thesewouldintimebedulyclassifiedandexamined.Heinstancedasnake,thecastskinofwhich,deeppurpleincolor,wasfifty-onefeetinlength,andmentionedawhitecreature,supposedtobemammalian,whichgaveforthwell-markedphosphorescenceinthedarkness;alsoalargeblackmoth,thebiteofwhichwassupposedbytheIndianstobehighlypoisonous.Settingasidetheseentirelynewformsoflife,theplateauwasveryrichinknownprehistoricforms,datingbackinsomecasestoearlyJurassictimes.Amongthesehementionedthegiganticandgrotesquestegosaurus,seenoncebyMr.
