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Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity

           Instaturehewasatleasttwelvefeethigh.Hishead,hugeandunshapelyasabuffalo’s,washalfhiddeninthethickandtangledgrowthofhisunkempthair.Itmostresembledthemaneoftheprimitiveelephant.Inhishandhewieldedwitheaseanenormousbough,astaffworthyofthisshepherdofthegeologicperiod.

           Westoodpetrifiedandspeechlesswithamazement.Buthemightseeus!Wemustfly!

           "Come,docome!"Isaidtomyuncle,whoforonceallowedhimselftobepersuaded.

           Inanotherquarterofanhourournimbleheelshadcarriedusbeyondthereachofthishorriblemonster.

           Andyet,nowthatIcanreflectquietly,nowthatmyspirithasgrowncalmagain,nowthatmonthshaveslippedbysincethisstrangeandsupernaturalmeeting,whatamItothink?whatamItobelieve?Imustconcludethatitwasimpossiblethatoursenseshadbeendeceived,thatoureyesdidnotseewhatwesupposedtheysaw.Nohumanbeinglivesinthissubterraneanworld;nogenerationofmendwellsinthoseinferiorcavernsoftheglobe,unknowntoandunconnectedwiththeinhabitantsofitssurface.Itisabsurdtobelieveit!

           Ihadratheradmitthatitmayhavebeensomeanimalwhosestructureresembledthehuman,someapeorbaboonoftheearlygeologicalages,someprotopitheca,orsomemesopitheca,someearlyormiddleapelikethatdiscoveredbyMr.LartetinthebonecaveofSansau.Butthiscreaturesurpassedinstatureallthemeasurementsknowninmodernpalæontology.

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