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A Battle of Monsters

           Trulythisseaisofinfinitewidth.ItmustbeaswideastheMediterraneanortheAtlanticandwhynot?

           Myuncletooksoundingsseveraltimes.Hetiedtheheaviestofourpickaxestoalongropewhichheletdowntwohundredfathoms.Nobottomyet;andwehadsomedifficultyinhaulingupourplummet.

           Butwhenthepickwasshippedagain,Hanspointedoutonitssurfacedeepprintsasifithadbeenviolentlycompressedbetweentwohardbodies.

           Ilookedatthehunter.

           "Tänder,"saidhe.

           Icouldnotunderstandhim,andturnedtomyunclewhowasentirelyabsorbedinhiscalculations.Ihadrathernotdisturbhimwhileheisquiet.IreturntotheIcelander.Hebyasnappingmotionofhisjawsconveyshisideastome.

           "Teeth!"Icried,consideringtheironbarwithmoreattention.

           Yes,indeed,thosearethemarksofteethimprinteduponthemetal!Thejawswhichtheyarmmustbepossessedofamazingstrength.Istheresomemonsterbeneathusbelongingtotheextinctraces,morevoraciousthantheshark,morefearfulinvastnessthanthewhale?Icouldnottakemyeyesoffthisindentedironbar.Surelywillmylastnight’sdreamberealised?

           Thesethoughtsagitatedmeallday,andmyimaginationscarcelycalmeddownafterseveralhours’sleep.

           Monday,August17.Iamtryingtorecallthepeculiarinstinctsofthemonstersofthepreadamiteworld,who,comingnextinsuccessionafterthemolluscs,thecrustaceansandlefishes,precededtheanimalsofmammalianraceupontheearth.

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