The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-13

we m0uoAuo toes highs ANA
. stretcA g dak country Q few ni.as
IN width. they came 70 . great arm OF
the SEA- II vas about thirty miiss wid~
the neck Of Q bottle. ana further inlana
was over one hundred miles across. spd
though their glasses. the clear air snh
the planets siss enabled them 10 see
nearly i've hundred mflss, they couiS
not hnd IT. END. In the shallow water
along ~ chores. aad on the islanfA
rising but . few feet abovs the waves.
they cav all kinds Of amDhibians and
ssa monstsra Many Of thsss we're a.
most the exact rsUrodu0tieu in iifs OF
the dant passiosaurs. dinosaurs aAd
siasmosaurs whose remains are pre-.
served In the museums on earn. The
reotiiian bodies a the siasmosaurs. ssv,
snty-nvs feet In length. with the f0rked
tongues. distended Jaws and fanss q .
snake. were easily taken for the often
described but probably mythical sea ser.
pent. ~ partially eoiisd they occasisn.
ally raised their heads twelve Or fifte.s
feet.
Man IN his natural veats." said Corr.
landt, would have but small chance 81
surviving long among such neiGAbers.
Buckisnd. I think. once inAuigsd In the
Jsu d'esprit Of supposing an iehthysssm
lscturing on the human Skull 'Yss
win at once perceive said the iestusss
that the skull before 10 belonged - one
OF the lower order of animals. The
teeth are very insigniheaus the pewss
OF tho Jaws trifiing. and altogether II
seems wonderful how the creature ccu'A
have procured food Armed with m,I.
ern weapons. and In this machine, Ne
are. Of course. superior to the most Pow.
erful monster; but II In not likely this.
hsd man been 80 surrounded during ths
whole Of his evolution. he could have
reached his present plane" .,s.t
Notwithstanding the striking simiiar
ity OF these creatures to their tsrrss
trial counterparts that existed on esr,i
during Its corresponding period. thsrt
were some Interesting modlhe ztioua
The organs Of iocomotion In the an.
phibians were more developed. while the
eyes OF all were larger. the former bens
Of course necessitated by tho power ,oi
gravity and the latter by thu erestsi
distance from trio sun.
Before leaving Deepwa.ers Bay they
secured a pail % i's water. which the,
found on examination contained Q TAI
larger percentage OF salt ana solid me
teral than the oceans On earth, while o
thermometer that they Immediately ia,:
mersed In |, soon registered elghty-hv,
'NhI''s Dblu WHICH ltst
covsries confirmed them In what fhss
already knew-namely. that Jupiter hae
advanced comparatively little from u.
condition IN which the water on che
surface In hot, In which state the earth
once was -
Thcv were soon beyond the estuary
~ which they hod stopped 10 study thu
fo"us ~ ne ana - make this test. ant
kept en- due north Tor several DAYS. o.
cnsOnilly rls nc above the air.
At sunrise the following morning .hes
saw they were approaching another
great arm - mo sea. " was ovsr 3
thousand miles wide at It's mouth. md
had not the photagraphs showed Tia
contrary, they would have thought AZ,
Callisto had reached the northern enc
Of the continent. 1t extended into the lane
fifteen thousand niles. and. on accoun:
OF the shape Of Its mouth. they called :
Funnel Day Rising to a height, they
flew across and came TO q great tssk-
land peninsula. with chain Of noun.
taIns on either side. The southern rangs
was something over. and the northerx
something less than. nvs thousand toa
In height. while the tableisnd bstwoea
sloped almost inrperceptlbly toward ~
uaaddls. IN which. a. they expscted. tAe9
found a river compared b which ~
Missiseivrt o. the Asssssn would ~ ~
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