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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. 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
et 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. 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. SURE 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 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
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