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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. 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
 to be numbered among the missing.") Is it not possible that these disappearing bird species quit their habitation without, and find an asylum in the "within world"? Whether inland among the mountains, or along the seashore, we found bird life prolific. When they spread their great wings some of the birds appeared to measure thirty feet from tip to tip. They are of great variety and many colors. We were permitted to climb up on the edge of a rock and examine a nest of eggs. There were five in the nest, each of which was at least two feet in length and fifteen inches in diameter. After we had been in the city of Hectea about a week, Professor Galdea took us to an inlet, where we saw thousands of tortoises along the sandy shore. I hesitate to state the size of these great creatures. 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. AVE NOW TO BE NUMBERED AMONG THE MISSING UNQUOTE IS IT NOT POSSIBLE THAT THESE DISAPPEARING BIRD SPECIES QUIT THEIR HABITATION WITHOUT AND FIND AN ASYLUM IN THE WITHIN WORLD WHETHER INLAND AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OR ALONG THE SEA SHORE WE FOUND BIRD LIFE PROLIFIC WHEN THEY SPREAD THEIR GREAT WINGS SOME OF THE BIRDS APPEARED TO MEASURE THIRTY FEET FROM TIP TO TIP THEY ARE OF GREAT VARIETY AND MANY COLOURS WE WERE PERMITTED TO CLIMB UP ON THE EDGE OF A ROCK AND EXAMINE A NEST OF EGGS THERE WERE FIVE IN THE NEST EACH OF WHICH WAS AT LEAST TWO FEET IN LENGTH AND FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER AFTER WE HAD BEEN IN THE CITY OF ATTACKA ABOUT A WEEK PROFESSOR GALDEA TOOK US TO AN INLET WHERE WE SAW THOUSANDS OF TORTOISES ALONG THE SANDY SHORE I HESITATE TO STATE THE SIZE OF THESE GREAT CREATURES THEY WERE FROM 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
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