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The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology

           Butanimpatientcuriosityimpelledoursteps;cracklingandrattling,ourfeetweretramplingontheremainsofprehistoricanimalsandinterestingfossils,thepossessionofwhichisamatterofrivalryandcontentionbetweenthemuseumsofgreatcities.AthousandCuvierscouldneverhavereconstructedtheorganicremainsdepositedinthismagnificentandunparalleledcollection.

           Istoodamazed.Myunclehadupliftedhislongarmstothevaultwhichwasoursky;hismouthgapingwide,hiseyesflashingbehindhisshiningspectacles,hisheadbalancingwithanup-and-downmotion,hiswholeattitudedenotedunlimitedastonishment.Herehestoodfacinganimmensecollectionofscatteredleptotheria,mericotheria,lophiodia,anoplotheria,megatheria,mastodons,protopithecæ,pterodactyles,andallsortsofextinctmonstershereassembledtogetherforhisspecialsatisfaction.FancyanenthusiasticbibliomaniacsuddenlybroughtintothemidstofthefamousAlexandrianlibraryburntbyOmarandrestoredbyamiraclefromitsashes!justsuchacrazedenthusiastwasmyuncle,ProfessorLiedenbrock.

           Butmorewastocome,when,witharushthroughcloudsofbonedust,helaidhishanduponabareskull,andcriedwithavoicetremblingwithexcitement:

           "Axel!Axel!ahumanhead!"

           "Ahumanskull?"Icried,nolessastonished.

           "Yes,nephew.Aha!M.Milne-Edwards!Ah!M.deQuatrefages,howIwishyouwerestandinghereatthesideofOttoLiedenbrock!"

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