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           Now,itisverycleartomethatinsolongaperiodonewouldhaveexpectedthatthecarnivorouscreatures,multiplyingunchecked,wouldhaveexhaustedtheirfoodsupplyandhavebeencompelledtoeithermodifytheirflesh-eatinghabitsordieofhunger.Thisweseehasnotbeenso.Wecanonlyimagine,therefore,thatthebalanceofNatureispreservedbysomecheckwhichlimitsthenumbersoftheseferociouscreatures.Oneofthemanyinterestingproblems,therefore,whichawaitoursolutionistodiscoverwhatthatcheckmaybeandhowitoperates.Iventuretotrustthatwemayhavesomefutureopportunityforthecloserstudyofthecarnivorousdinosaurs."

           "AndIventuretotrustwemaynot,"Iobserved.

           TheProfessoronlyraisedhisgreateyebrows,astheschoolmastermeetstheirrelevantobservationofthenaughtyboy.

           "PerhapsProfessorSummerleemayhaveanobservationtomake,"hesaid,andthetwosavantsascendedtogetherintosomerarefiedscientificatmosphere,wherethepossibilitiesofamodificationofthebirth-ratewereweighedagainstthedeclineofthefoodsupplyasacheckinthestruggleforexistence.

           Thatmorningwemappedoutasmallportionoftheplateau,avoidingtheswampofthepterodactyls,andkeepingtotheeastofourbrookinsteadoftothewest.Inthatdirectionthecountrywasstillthicklywooded,withsomuchundergrowththatourprogresswasveryslow.

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