Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-14
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.,,rpr we're several species Of this
,..r,,ful animal, the most magnificent
.rhat resembling the giant eland of
49, 49, .xcept that their spiral horns form
.,n,ete curve backward over their ears
~ then forward again beneath them
srdlne In sharp and formidaple points
enunnt a two feet before the face and above
The eyes ,,.-.--,.
III iIoroford bull. vet they are very
Dit Ta and fast. The broad yellow bands
se s,rine the dark roam of their coats
u s. me take them for zebra when |
na ~. so,v them, All in all, they are hand
h animals and added the finishing
soln nt to the strange and lovely landscape
~ snread before my new home.
thod determined to make the cave my
.sa,,orters and with 1t as n base make
es,stenatic exploration of the surround
- country in search of the land of Sart
i lgrst I devoured the balance of the
..,bopi I had killed before my last sleep.
Tben hid the great secret OF the Mahars
n a deep niche at the back OF my cave
naned the boulder before my front door,
IA With bows. arrows, sword and shield.
saro,rbled down into the peaceful valley.
The grazing herds moved to one side as
/, nasssd through them, the little orthopi
svincing the greatest warlness and gallop-
~ to safest distances. All the animals
s,o,ned feeding as approached, and after
,.oyine to what they considered safe
distance stood contemplating me with seri-
ous eyes and upcoclted ears.
once one of the old bull antelopes of
,bs striped species lowered his head and
bsllowed angrily, even taking few steps
n nv direction, so that / thought he
meant to charge; but after | had passed
ne resumed feeding as though nothing had
disturbed him.
Near the lower end Of the valley
nassed a number of tapirs, and across the
liver saw a great sadok, the enormous
double-horned progenitor of the modern
rhnoceros
Al the valleys end the cliffs upon the
Ieit run out into the sea so that to pass
round them as 1 desired to do IL was
necessary to scale them in search of a
ledge along which / might continue my
tourney. Some fifty feet from the base 1
came upon projection which formed
natural path along the face of the cliff,
and this / followed out over the sea to.
ward the cliffs end.
Here the ledge inclined rapidly up.
ward toward the top of the cliffs, the
stratum which formed It evidently hav.
ing been forced up at this steep angle
when the mountain behind 1t was born.
As climbed carefully up the ascent my
attention was suddenly attracted aloft
BY the sound of strange kissing and
what resembed the Tapping of wings
And at the first glance there broke upon
my Mortified vision the most frightful
thing had ever seen even within Pellu.
cidar
1t was a giant dragon such as is pic.
tured in the legends and fairy tales of
earth.foll,. It's huge body must have
measured 40 feet in length, while the bat
like wings that supported 1t in midair
had spread of fully 30. Its gaping jaws
we're armed with long, sharp teeth and
its claws equipped with horrible talons.
The kissing noise which had first at
tracted my attention was issuing from
its throat and seemed to be directed at
something beyond and below me which
could not see.
The ledge upon which stood terminated
abruptly few PAGES farther on, and as
reached the end l saw the cause of the
reptiles agitation.
Some time in past ages an earthquake
had produced a fault at this point, so
that beyond the spot where l stood the