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Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity

           Icouldhearthecrashingnoiseoftheirlongivorytusksboringintotheolddecayingtrunks.Theboughscracked,andtheleavestornawaybycartloadswentdownthecavernousthroatsofthevastbrutes.

           So,then,thedreaminwhichIhadhadavisionoftheprehistoricworld,ofthetertiaryandpost-tertiaryperiods,wasnowrealised.Andtherewewerealone,inthebowelsoftheearth,atthemercyofitswildinhabitants!

           Myunclewasgazingwithintenseandeagerinterest.

           "Comeon!"saidhe,seizingmyarm."Forward!forward!"

           "No,Iwillnot!"Icried."Wehavenofirearms.Whatcouldwedointhemidstofaherdofthesefour-footedgiants?Comeaway,unclecome!Nohumanbeingmaywithsafetydaretheangerofthesemonstrousbeasts."

           "Nohumancreature?"repliedmyuncleinalowervoice."Youarewrong,Axel.Look,lookdownthere!IfancyIseealivingcreaturesimilartoourselves:itisaman!"

           Ilooked,shakingmyheadincredulously.ButthoughatfirstIwasunbelievingIhadtoyieldtotheevidenceofmysenses.

           Infact,atadistanceofaquarterofamile,leaningagainstthetrunkofagigantickauri,stoodahumanbeing,theProteusofthosesubterraneanregions,anewsonofNeptune,watchingthiscountlessherdofmastodons.

           Immanispecoriscustos,immanioripse.

           Yes,truly,hugerstillhimself.Itwasnolongerafossilbeinglikehimwhosedriedremainswehadeasilyliftedupinthefieldofbones;itwasagiant,abletocontrolthosemonsters.

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