Загублений світ
For once I was the Hero
"Wehavetobearinmind,"remarkedSummerlee,"thattherearemanyprehistoricformswhichhavenevercomedowntous.Itwouldberashtosupposethatwecangiveanametoallthatwearelikelytomeet."
"Exactly.Aroughclassificationmaybethebestthatwecanattempt.To-morrowsomefurtherevidencemayhelpustoanidentification.Meantimewecanonlyrenewourinterruptedslumbers."
"Butnotwithoutasentinel,"saidLordJohn,withdecision."Wecan’taffordtotakechancesinacountrylikethis.Two-hourspellsinthefuture,foreachofus."
"ThenI’lljustfinishmypipeinstartingthefirstone,"saidProfessorSummerlee;andfromthattimeonwardswenevertrustedourselvesagainwithoutawatchman.
Inthemorningitwasnotlongbeforewediscoveredthesourceofthehideousuproarwhichhadarousedusinthenight.Theiguanodongladewasthesceneofahorriblebutchery.Fromthepoolsofbloodandtheenormouslumpsoffleshscatteredineverydirectionoverthegreenswardweimaginedatfirstthatanumberofanimalshadbeenkilled,butonexaminingtheremainsmorecloselywediscoveredthatallthiscarnagecamefromoneoftheseunwieldymonsters,whichhadbeenliterallytorntopiecesbysomecreaturenotlarger,perhaps,butfarmoreferocious,thanitself.
Ourtwoprofessorssatinabsorbedargument,examiningpieceafterpiece,whichshowedthemarksofsavageteethandofenormousclaws.
