, 1916-06-29

Dont you see tnat the man 10 put IN
for a purpose"
tendon played across it, which could
not be the case with a ~clavicle.'
'Then | must confess that / don't
know what 1t is"
you need not be ashamed to expose
your ignorance, for 1 don't suppose the
whole South Kensington staff could
give a name to it." He took a little
bone the size of a bean out Of a pill
box. $50 far as l am a judge this
human bone is the analogue of the one
which you hold in your hand. That
will give you some idea of the size of
the creature. You will observe from
the cartilage that this is no fossil spec
linen, but recent. What do you say to
that?"
Surely in an elephant
BE WINGED as IL in pain.
Don't! Don't talk of elephants in
South America. Even in these days of
board schools
well" l interrupted, ANY large
South American animal-a tapir, for
example"
you may take 1t, young man, that
l am versed In the elements of my
business. This is not a conceivable
bone either of a tapir or of any other
creature known to zoology. 1t belongs
to a very large, a very strong and, by
all analogy, a very fierce animal which
exists upon the face of the earth, but
has not yet come under the notice of
science. You are still unconvinced?"
II am at least deeply interested"
"Then your case is not hopeless. l
feel that there is reason lurking in you
round for 1t.
eve will now leave the dead Ameri-
can and proceed with my narrative.
You can imagine that l could hardly
come away from the Amazon without
probing deeper into the matter. There
were indications as to the direction
from which the dead traveller had
ONE. Indian legends would alone
have been my guide, for l found that
rumors of a strange land were com.
mon among all the riverine tribes. II
was my business to find out more"
what did you do?" My fippancy
was all gone. This massive man com
PEELED ones attention and respect.
81 overcame the extreme reluctance
of the natives-a reluctance which eX-
tends ven to talk upon the subject
and by Judicious persuasion and gifts,
aided. | will admit, by some threats
Of coercion, l got two Of them to act
as guides. After many adventures
which l need not describe, and after
travelling a distance which | will not
mention, in Il direction which | with.
hold, we came at last to a tract of
country which has never been de-
scribed nor, indeed, visited save by
my unfortunate predecessor. Would
you kindly look at this?"
He handed me a photograph. half
plate size.
1.-THE unsatisfactory appearance of it
is due to the fact" said he. that on
descending the river the boat was up
set and the case which contained the
undeveloped films was broken. with
disastrous results. Nearly all of them
were totally ruined-an ~irreparable
loss. This is one of the few which
partially escaped"
The photograph was certainly very
off colored, An unkind critic might
easily have misinterpreted that dim
surface. 1t was n dun gray landscape.
and as | gradually d~eciphered the de-
tails Of 1t | realized that 1t represented
u long and enormously high line OF
cliffs exactly like an immense cata-
ract seen in the distance, with a slop
ing, tree clad plain In the foreground.
az believe it is the same place as the
painted picture" said l.
1T is the same place" the professor
answered. II found traces of the fel-
lows camp. Now look at this"
1t was a nearer view of the same
scene. though the photograph was ex-
tremely defective. l could distinctly
zee an isolated. tree crowned pinnacle
of rock which was detached from the
crag.
Il have no doubt OF 1t at all" said l.
"Well that Is something gained"