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Who could have Foreseen it?

           Theirheight,asweapproachedthem,seemedtomeinsomeplacestobegreaterthanhehadstatedrunningupinpartstoatleastathousandfeetandtheywerecuriouslystriated,inamannerwhichis,Ibelieve,characteristicofbasalticupheavals.SomethingofthesortistobeseeninSalisburyCragsatEdinburgh.Thesummitshowedeverysignofaluxuriantvegetation,withbushesneartheedge,andfartherbackmanyhightrees.Therewasnoindicationofanylifethatwecouldsee.

           Thatnightwepitchedourcampimmediatelyunderthecliffamostwildanddesolatespot.Thecragsaboveuswerenotmerelyperpendicular,butcurvedoutwardsatthetop,sothatascentwasoutofthequestion.ClosetouswasthehighthinpinnacleofrockwhichIbelieveImentionedearlierinthisnarrative.Itislikeabroadredchurchspire,thetopofitbeinglevelwiththeplateau,butagreatchasmgapingbetween.Onthesummitofittheregrewonehightree.Bothpinnacleandcliffwerecomparativelylowsomefiveorsixhundredfeet,Ishouldthink.

           "Itwasonthat,"saidProfessorChallenger,pointingtothistree,"thatthepterodactylwasperched.Iclimbedhalf-wayuptherockbeforeIshothim.Iaminclinedtothinkthatagoodmountaineerlikemyselfcouldascendtherocktothetop,thoughhewould,ofcourse,benonearertotheplateauwhenhehaddoneso."

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