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A Battle of Monsters

           Flightwasoutofthequestionnow.Thereptilesrose;theywheeledaroundourlittleraftwitharapiditygreaterthanthatofexpresstrains.Theydescribedaroundusgraduallynarrowingcircles.Itookupmyrifle.Butwhatcouldaballdoagainstthescalyarmourwithwhichtheseenormousbeastswereclad?

           Westooddumbwithfear.Theyapproachusclose:ononesidethecrocodile,ontheothertheserpent.Theremainderoftheseamonstershavedisappeared.Ipreparetofire.Hansstopsmebyagesture.Thetwomonsterspasswithinahundredandfiftyyardsoftheraft,andhurlthemselvestheoneupontheother,withafurywhichpreventsthemfromseeingus.

           Atthreehundredyardsfromusthebattlewasfought.Wecoulddistinctlyobservethetwomonstersengagedindeadlyconflict.Butitnowseemstomeasiftheotheranimalsweretakingpartinthefraytheporpoise,thewhale,thelizard,thetortoise.EverymomentIseemtoseeoneorotherofthem.IpointthemtotheIcelander.Heshakeshisheadnegatively.

           "Tva,"sayshe.

           "Whattwo?Doeshemeanthatthereareonlytwoanimals?"

           "Heisright,"saidmyuncle,whoseglasshasneverlefthiseye.

           "Surelyyoumustbemistaken,"Icried.

           "No:thefirstofthosemonstershasaporpoise’ssnout,alizard’shead,acrocodile’steeth;andhenceourmistake.Itistheichthyosaurus(thefishlizard),themostterribleoftheancientmonstersofthedeep."

           "Andtheother?"

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