Затерянный мир
A Procession! A Procession!
‘Inspiteofthedestructionofsomanyinvaluablenegatives,therestillremainsinourcollectionacertainnumberofcorroborativephotographsshowingtheconditionsoflifeupontheplateau.Didtheyaccusethemofhavingforgedthesephotographs?’(Avoice,‘Yes,’andconsiderableinterruptionwhichendedinseveralmenbeingputoutofthehall.)‘Thenegativeswereopentotheinspectionofexperts.Butwhatotherevidencehadthey?Undertheconditionsoftheirescapeitwasnaturallyimpossibletobringalargeamountofbaggage,buttheyhadrescuedProfessorSummerlee’scollectionsofbutterfliesandbeetles,containingmanynewspecies.Wasthisnotevidence?’(Severalvoices,‘No.’)‘Whosaidno?’
"DR.ILLINGWORTH(rising):‘Ourpointisthatsuchacollectionmighthavebeenmadeinotherplacesthanaprehistoricplateau.’(Applause.)
"PROFESSORCHALLENGER:‘Nodoubt,sir,wehavetobowtoyourscientificauthority,althoughImustadmitthatthenameisunfamiliar.Passing,then,boththephotographsandtheentomologicalcollection,Icometothevariedandaccurateinformationwhichwebringwithusuponpointswhichhaveneverbeforebeenelucidated.Forexample,uponthedomestichabitsofthepterodactyl—’(Avoice:‘Bosh,’anduproar)—‘Isay,thatuponthedomestichabitsofthepterodactylwecanthrowafloodoflight.Icanexhibittoyoufrommyportfolioapictureofthatcreaturetakenfromlifewhichwouldconvinceyou——’
