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He held my arm with a protecting grip, as if fearful harm would overtake us. We were two atoms in this great forest, and, fortunately, unobserved by this vast herd of elephants as they drifted on and away, following a leader as does a herd of sheep. HE HELD MY ARM WITH A PROTECTING GRIP AS IF FEARFUL HARM WOULD OVERTAKE US WE WERE TWO ATOMS IN THIS GREAT FOREST AND FORTUNATELY UNOBSERVED BY THIS VAST HERD OF ELEPHANTS AS THEY DRIFTED ON AND AWAY FOLLOWING A LEADER AS DOES A HERD OF SHEEP
. They were from twenty-five to thirty feet in length, from fifteen to twenty feet in width and fully seven feet in height. When one of them projected its head it had the appearance of some hideous sea monster. The strange conditions "within" are favorable not only for vast meadows of luxuriant grasses, forests of giant trees, and all manner of vegetable life, but wonderful animal life as well. One day we saw a great herd of elephants. There must have been five hundred of these thunder-throated monsters, with their restlessly waving trunks. They were tearing huge boughs from the trees and trampling smaller growth into dust like so much hazel-brush. They would average over 100 feet in length and from 75 to 85 in height. It seemed, as I gazed upon this wonderful herd of giant elephants, that I was again living in the public library at Stockholm, where I had spent much time studying the wonders of the Miocene age. I was filled with mute astonishment, and my father was speechless with awe. ROM TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FIVE FEET IN LENGTH FROM FIFTEEN TO TWENTY FEET IN WIDTH AND FULLY SEVEN FEET IN HEIGHT WHEN ONE OF THEM PROTETED ITS HEAD IT HAD THE APPEARANCE OF SOME HIDEOUS SEA MONSTER THE STRANGE CONDITIONS WITHIN ARE FAVORABLE NOT ONLY FOR VAST MEADOWS OF LUXURIANT GRASSES FORESTS OF GIANT TREES AND ALL MANNER OF VEGETABLE KNIFE BUT WONDERFUL ANIMAL LIFE AS WELL ONE DAY WE SAW A GREAT HERD OF ELEPHANTS THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FIVE HUNDRED OF THESE THUNDER THROATED MONSTERS WITH THEIR RESTLESSLY WAVING TRUNKS THEY WERE TEARING HUGE BOUGHS FROM THE TREES AND TRAMPLING SMALLER GROWTH INTO DUST LIKE SO MUCH HAZEL BRUSH THEY WOULD AVERAGE OVER ONE HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH AND FROM SEVENTY FIVE TO EIGHTY FIVE IN HEIGHT IT SEEMED AS I GAZED UPON THIS WONDERFUL HERD OF GIANT ELEPHANTS THAT I WAS AGAIN LIVING IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT STOCKHOLM WHERE I HAD SPENT MUCH TIME STUDYING THE WONDERS OF THE MYOSCENE AGE I WAS FILLED WITH MUTE ASTONISHMENT AND MY FATHER WAS SPEECHLESS WITH AWE
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