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           Endsofbodyshriveled,givingnocluetointeriorortowhathasbeenbrokenoffthere. Mustdissectwhenwegetbacktocamp. Can’tdecidewhethervegetableoranimal. Manyfeaturesobviouslyofalmostincredibleprimitiveness. Havesetallhandscuttingstalactitesandlookingforfurtherspecimens. Additionalscarredbonesfound,butthesemustwait. Havingtroublewithdogs. Theycan’tendurethenewspecimen,andwouldprobablytearittopiecesifwedidn’tkeepitatadistancefromthem." 

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           "11:30P.M. Attention,Dyer,Pabodie,Douglas. Matterofhighest-Imightsaytranscendent-importance. ArkhammustrelaytoKingsportHeadStationatonce. StrangebarrelgrowthistheArchaeanthingthatleftprintsinrocks. Mills,Boudreau,andFowlerdiscoverclusterofthirteenmoreatundergroundpointfortyfeetfromaperture. Mixedwithcuriouslyroundedandconfiguredsoapstonefragmentssmallerthanonepreviouslyfound-star-shaped,butnomarksofbreakageexceptatsomeofthepoints. 

           "Oforganicspecimens,eightapparentlyperfect,withallappendages. Havebroughtalltosurface,leadingoffdogstodistance. Theycannotstandthethings. GivecloseattentiontodescriptionandrepeatbackforaccuracyPapersmustgetthisright. 

           "Objectsareeightfeetlongallover. Six-foot,five-ridgedbarreltorsothreeandfive-tenthsfeetcentraldiameter,onefootenddiameters. Darkgray,flexible,andinfinitelytough. Seven-footmembranouswingsofsamecolor,foundfolded,spreadoutoffurrowsbetweenridges. Wingframeworktubularorglandular,oflightergray,withorificesatwingtips. Spreadwingshaveserratededge. Aroundequator,oneatcentralapexofeachofthefivevertical,stave-likeridgesarefivesystemsoflightgrayflexiblearmsortentaclesfoundtightlyfoldedtotorsobutexpansibletomaximumlengthofoverthreefeet. Likearmsofprimitivecrinoid. 

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