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The Outlying Pickets of the New World

           AlldayamidthatincessantandmysteriousmenaceourtwoProfessorswatchedeverybirduponthewing,andeveryshrubuponthebank,withmanyasharpwordycontention,whenthesnarlofSummerleecamequickuponthedeepgrowlofChallenger,butwithnomoresenseofdangerandnomorereferencetodrum-beatingIndiansthaniftheywereseatedtogetherinthesmoking-roomoftheRoyalSociety’sClubinSt.James’sStreet.Onceonlydidtheycondescendtodiscussthem.

           "MiranhaorAmajuacacannibals,"saidChallenger,jerkinghisthumbtowardsthereverberatingwood.

           "Nodoubt,sir,"Summerleeanswered."Likeallsuchtribes,Ishallexpecttofindthemofpoly-syntheticspeechandofMongoliantype."

           "Polysyntheticcertainly,"saidChallenger,indulgently."Iamnotawarethatanyothertypeoflanguageexistsinthiscontinent,andIhavenotesofmorethanahundred.TheMongoliantheoryIregardwithdeepsuspicion."

           "Ishouldhavethoughtthatevenalimitedknowledgeofcomparativeanatomywouldhavehelpedtoverifyit,"saidSummerlee,bitterly.

           Challengerthrustouthisaggressivechinuntilhewasallbeardandhat-rim."Nodoubt,sir,alimitedknowledgewouldhavethateffect.Whenone’sknowledgeisexhaustive,onecomestootherconclusions."Theyglaredateachotherinmutualdefiance,whileallroundrosethedistantwhisper,"Wewillkillyouwewillkillyouifwecan."

           Thatnightwemooredourcanoeswithheavystonesforanchorsinthecenterofthestream,andmadeeverypreparationforapossibleattack.Nothingcame,however,andwiththedawnwepusheduponourway,thedrum-beatingdyingoutbehindus.

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