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Wonders of the Deep

           Thusitisevidentthatthisseacontainsnonebutspeciesknowntousintheirfossilstate,inwhichfishesaswellasreptilesarethelessperfectlyandcompletelyorganisedthefartherbacktheirdateofcreation.

           Perhapswemayyetmeetwithsomeofthosesaurianswhichsciencehasreconstructedoutofabitofboneorcartilage.Itookupthetelescopeandscannedthewholehorizon,andfounditeverywhereadesertsea.Wearefarawayremovedfromtheshores.

           Igazeupwardintheair.WhyshouldnotsomeofthestrangebirdsrestoredbytheimmortalCuvieragainflaptheir‘sail-broadvans’inthisdenseandheavyatmosphere?Therearesufficientfishfortheirsupport.Isurveythewholespacethatstretchesoverhead;itisasdesertastheshorewas.

           Stillmyimaginationcarriedmeawayamongstthewonderfulspeculationsofpalaeontology.ThoughawakeIfellintoadream.IthoughtIcouldseefloatingonthesurfaceofthewatersenormouschelonia,preadamitetortoises,resemblingfloatingislands.Overthedimlylightedstrandtheretrodthehugemammalsofthefirstagesoftheworld,theleptotherium(slenderbeast),foundinthecavernsofBrazil;themerycotherium(ruminatingbeast),foundinthe‘drift’oficecladSiberia.Fartheron,thepachydermatouslophiodon(crestedtoothed),agigantictapir,hidesbehindtherockstodisputeitspreywiththeanoplotherium(unarmedbeast),astrangecreature,whichseemedacompoundofhorse,rhinoceros,camel,andhippopotamus.Thecolossalmastodon(nipple-toothed)twistsanduntwistshistrunk,andbraysandpoundswithhishugetusksthefragmentsofrockthatcovertheshore;whilstthemegatherium(hugebeast),buttresseduponhisenormoushinderpaws,grubsinthesoil,awakingthesonorousechoesofthegraniterockswithhistremendousroarings.

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