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I
have
dwelt
up
to
now
upon
the
terrors
of
Maple
White
Land
;
but
there
was
another
side
to
the
subject
,
for
all
that
morning
we
wandered
among
lovely
flowers
--
mostly
,
as
I
observed
,
white
or
yellow
in
color
,
these
being
,
as
our
professors
explained
,
the
primitive
flower-shades
.
In
many
places
the
ground
was
absolutely
covered
with
them
,
and
as
we
walked
ankle-deep
on
that
wonderful
yielding
carpet
,
the
scent
was
almost
intoxicating
in
its
sweetness
and
intensity
.
The
homely
English
bee
buzzed
everywhere
around
us
.
Many
of
the
trees
under
which
we
passed
had
their
branches
bowed
down
with
fruit
,
some
of
which
were
of
familiar
sorts
,
while
other
varieties
were
new
.
By
observing
which
of
them
were
pecked
by
the
birds
we
avoided
all
danger
of
poison
and
added
a
delicious
variety
to
our
food
reserve
.
In
the
jungle
which
we
traversed
were
numerous
hard-trodden
paths
made
by
the
wild
beasts
,
and
in
the
more
marshy
places
we
saw
a
profusion
of
strange
footmarks
,
including
many
of
the
iguanodon
.
Once
in
a
grove
we
observed
several
of
these
great
creatures
grazing
,
and
Lord
John
,
with
his
glass
,
was
able
to
report
that
they
also
were
spotted
with
asphalt
,
though
in
a
different
place
to
the
one
which
we
had
examined
in
the
morning
.
What
this
phenomenon
meant
we
could
not
imagine
.
We
saw
many
small
animals
,
such
as
porcupines
,
a
scaly
ant-eater
,
and
a
wild
pig
,
piebald
in
color
and
with
long
curved
tusks
.
Once
,
through
a
break
in
the
trees
,
we
saw
a
clear
shoulder
of
green
hill
some
distance
away
,
and
across
this
a
large
dun-colored
animal
was
traveling
at
a
considerable
pace
.
It
passed
so
swiftly
that
we
were
unable
to
say
what
it
was
;
but
if
it
were
a
deer
,
as
was
claimed
by
Lord
John
,
it
must
have
been
as
large
as
those
monstrous
Irish
elk
which
are
still
dug
up
from
time
to
time
in
the
bogs
of
my
native
land
.
Ever
since
the
mysterious
visit
which
had
been
paid
to
our
camp
we
always
returned
to
it
with
some
misgivings
.
However
,
on
this
occasion
we
found
everything
in
order
.
That
evening
we
had
a
grand
discussion
upon
our
present
situation
and
future
plans
,
which
I
must
describe
at
some
length
,
as
it
led
to
a
new
departure
by
which
we
were
enabled
to
gain
a
more
complete
knowledge
of
Maple
White
Land
than
might
have
come
in
many
weeks
of
exploring
.
It
was
Summerlee
who
opened
the
debate
.
All
day
he
had
been
querulous
in
manner
,
and
now
some
remark
of
Lord
John
's
as
to
what
we
should
do
on
the
morrow
brought
all
his
bitterness
to
a
head
.
"
What
we
ought
to
be
doing
today
,
tomorrow
,
and
all
the
time
,
"
said
he
,
"
is
finding
some
way
out
of
the
trap
into
which
we
have
fallen
.
You
are
all
turning
your
brains
towards
getting
into
this
country
.
I
say
that
we
should
be
scheming
how
to
get
out
of
it
.
"
"
I
am
surprised
,
sir
,
"
boomed
Challenger
,
stroking
his
majestic
beard
,
"
that
any
man
of
science
should
commit
himself
to
so
ignoble
a
sentiment
.
You
are
in
a
land
which
offers
such
an
inducement
to
the
ambitious
naturalist
as
none
ever
has
since
the
world
began
,
and
you
suggest
leaving
it
before
we
have
acquired
more
than
the
most
superficial
knowledge
of
it
or
of
its
contents
.
I
expected
better
things
of
you
,
Professor
Summerlee
.
"
"
You
must
remember
,
"
said
Summerlee
,
sourly
,
"
that
I
have
a
large
class
in
London
who
are
at
present
at
the
mercy
of
an
extremely
inefficient
locum
tenens
.
This
makes
my
situation
different
from
yours
,
Professor
Challenger
,
since
,
so
far
as
I
know
,
you
have
never
been
entrusted
with
any
responsible
educational
work
.
"
"
Quite
so
,
"
said
Challenger
.
"
I
have
felt
it
to
be
a
sacrilege
to
divert
a
brain
which
is
capable
of
the
highest
original
research
to
any
lesser
object
.
That
is
why
I
have
sternly
set
my
face
against
any
proffered
scholastic
appointment
.
"
