Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity

           Foranotherhalfhourwetroduponapavementofbones.Wepushedon,impelledbyourburningcuriosity.Whatothermarvelsdidthiscaverncontain?Whatnewtreasureslayhereforsciencetounfold?Iwaspreparedforanysurprise,myimaginationwasreadyforanyastonishmenthoweverastounding.

           Wehadlonglostsightoftheseashorebehindthehillsofbones.TherashProfessor,carelessoflosinghisway,hurriedmeforward.Weadvancedinsilence,bathedinluminouselectricfluid.BysomephenomenonwhichIamunabletoexplain,itlightedupallsidesofeveryobjectequally.Suchwasitsdiffusiveness,therebeingnocentralpointfromwhichthelightemanated,thatshadowsnolongerexisted.Youmighthavethoughtyourselfundertheraysofaverticalsuninatropicalregionatnoondayandtheheightofsummer.Novapourwasvisible.Therocks,thedistantmountains,afewisolatedclumpsofforesttreesinthedistance,presentedaweirdandwonderfulaspectunderthesetotallynewconditionsofauniversaldiffusionoflight.WewerelikeHoffmann’sshadowlessman.

           Afterwalkingamilewereachedtheoutskirtsofavastforest,butnotoneofthoseforestsoffungiwhichborderedPortGräuben.

           Herewasthevegetationofthetertiaryperiodinitsfullestblazeofmagnificence.Tallpalms,belongingtospeciesnolongerliving,splendidpalmacites,firs,yews,cypresstrees,thujas,representativesoftheconifers.werelinkedtogetherbyatanglednetworkoflongclimbingplants.Asoftcarpetofmossandhepaticasluxuriouslyclothedthesoil.Afewsparklingstreamsranalmostinsilenceunderwhatwouldhavebeentheshadeofthetrees,butthattherewasnoshadow.Ontheirbanksgrewtree-fernssimilartothosewegrowinhothouses.

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