Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

such a track. They puzzled worthy Sus-
sex doctor some ninety years ago; but who
in the world could have hoped-hoped-t
have seen a sight like that?"
HIS words died away in whisper, and we
IL all stood in motionless amazement.
Following the tracks, we left the morass
and passed through screen of brushwood
and trees Beyond was an open glade, and
in this were five of the most extraordinary
creatures have ever seen. Crouchlng down
among the bushes, we observed them at our
leisure.
There were, as l say, five of them, two
being adults and three young ones. In size
they were enormous. Even the babies were
as big as elephants, while the two large ones
were far beyond all creatures l have ever
SEEN They had slate-colored skin, which
was scaled like lizards, and shimmered
where the sun shone upon it. All five were
sitting up, balancing themselves upon their
broad, powerful tails and their huge, three
toed hind feet, while with their small, five
fingered front feet they pulled down the
branches upon which they browsed. l do
not know that | can bring their appearance
home to you better than by saying that they
looked like monstrous kangaroos, twenty
feet in length, and with skins like black
crocodiles.
l do not know how long we stayed mo-
tionless gazing at this marvellous spectacle.
A strong wind blew toward us, and we were
well concealed; so there was no chance OF
discovery. From time to time the little ones
PLAYED round their parents in unwieldy gam
bols, the great beasts bounding into the air
and falling with dull thuds upon the earth.
The strength of the parents seemed to be
limitless; for one of them, having some d,ffl-
Guilty in reaching bunch of foliage which
grew upon a considerable-sized tree, put his
forelegs round the trunk and tore it down as
if it had been a sapling. The action seemed,
as thought, to show not only the great de-
velopment of its muscles, but also the small
one of its brain; for the whole weight came
crashing down upon the top of it, and 1t ut
tered series of shrill yelps to show that, big
as it was, there was a limit to what 1T could
endure. The incident made it think, appar-
emily, that the neighborhood was danger
Gus; for it slowly lurched off through the
wood, followed by its mate and its three
enormous infants We saw the shimmering,
slaty CLEAN of their skins between the tree
trunks, and their heads undulating high
above the brushwood. Then they vanished
from Our sight.
| looked at my comrades. Lord Roxton
was standing at gaze with his finger on the
trigger of his elephant gun, his eager hunters
soul shining from his fierce eyes. What
would he not give for one such head to place
between the two crossed oars above the
mantelpiece in his snuggery of the Albany?
And yet his reason held him in; for all our
exploration of the wonders of this unknown
land depended upon our presence being un-
known to its inhabitants. The two profess
ors were in silent ecstasy. In their excite
ment they had unconsciously seized each
other by the hand, and stood like two little
children in the presence of a marvel, Chal-
lenger's cheeks punched up into a seraphic
smile, and Summarizes sardonic face soft
ened for the moment into wonder and rever
ence.
"Nunc Dimitis!' he cried at last. "What
will they say in England of this:?'
"My dear Summerlee, will tell you with
great confidence exactly what they will say
in England, said Challenger. "They will
saw that you are an internal liar and a sci
entifc charlatan, exactly as you and others
said of me-"
an the face of photographs"
"Faked, Summerlee! Clumsily faxed"
ain the face of specimens"
"Ah! there we may have them. Malone
and his filthy Fleet-st. crew may all be yelp-
ing our praises yet. August the twenty
second-the day we saw five live iguanodons
in glade of Maple White Land put it