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A Battle of Monsters

           Theworldthenbelongedtoreptiles.Thosemonstersheldthemasteryintheseasofthesecondaryperiod.Theypossessedaperfectorganisation,giganticproportions,prodigiousstrength.Thesauriansofourday,thealligatorsandthecrocodiles,arebutfeeblereproductionsoftheirforefathersofprimitiveages.

           IshudderasIrecallthesemonsterstomyremembrance.Nohumaneyehaseverbeheldthemliving.Theyburdenedthisearthathousandagesbeforemanappeared,buttheirfossilremains,foundintheargillaceouslimestonecalledbytheEnglishthelias,haveenabledtheircolossalstructuretobeperfectlybuiltupagainandanatomicallyascertained.

           IsawattheHamburgmuseumtheskeletonofoneofthesecreaturesthirtyfeetinlength.AmIthenfatedI,adenizenofearthtobeplacedfacetofacewiththeserepresentativesoflongextinctfamilies?No;surelyitcannotbe!Yetthedeepmarksofconicalteethupontheironpickarecertainlythoseofthecrocodile.

           Myeyesarefearfullybentuponthesea.Idreadtoseeoneofthesemonstersdartingforthfromitssubmarinecaverns.IsupposeProfessorLiedenbrockwasofmyopiniontoo,andevensharedmyfears,forafterhavingexaminedthepick,hiseyestraversedtheoceanfromsidetoside.Whataverybadnotionthatwasofhis,Ithoughttomyself,totakesoundingsjusthere!Hehasdisturbedsomemonstrousbeastinitsremoteden,andifwearenotattackedonourvoyage

           Ilookatourgunsandseethattheyareallright.Myunclenoticesit,andlooksonapprovingly.

           Alreadywidelydisturbedregionsonthesurfaceofthewaterindicatesomecommotionbelow.Thedangerisapproaching.Wemustbeonthelookout.

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