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The Outlying Pickets of the New World

           Thiswereachedaboutmidday,onlytofindashallowvalleybeyond,risingonceagainintoagentleinclinewhichledtoalow,roundedsky-line.Itwashere,whilewecrossedthefirstofthesehills,thatanincidentoccurredwhichmayormaynothavebeenimportant.

           ProfessorChallenger,whowiththetwolocalIndianswasinthevanoftheparty,stoppedsuddenlyandpointedexcitedlytotheright.Ashedidsowesaw,atthedistanceofamileorso,somethingwhichappearedtobeahugegraybirdflapslowlyupfromthegroundandskimsmoothlyoff,flyingverylowandstraight,untilitwaslostamongthetree-ferns.

           "Didyouseeit?"criedChallenger,inexultation."Summerlee,didyouseeit?"

           Hiscolleaguewasstaringatthespotwherethecreaturehaddisappeared.

           "Whatdoyouclaimthatitwas?"heasked.

           "Tothebestofmybelief,apterodactyl."

           Summerleeburstintoderisivelaughter"Apter-fiddlestick!"saidhe."Itwasastork,ifeverIsawone."

           Challengerwastoofurioustospeak.Hesimplyswunghispackuponhisbackandcontinueduponhismarch.LordJohncameabreastofme,however,andhisfacewasmoregravethanwashiswont.HehadhisZeissglassesinhishand.

           "Ifocuseditbeforeitgotoverthetrees,"saidhe."Iwon’tundertaketosaywhatitwas,butI’llriskmyreputationasasportsmanthatitwasn’tanybirdthateverIclappedeyesoninmylife."

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