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"Hadn't we better row close in?" said Briscoe, who seemed impatient, and the men took to their oars till the strong rock wall was reached and the boat drawn along by one of the men with a boat-hook from end to end and back, without a sign of any way up being found.
"Might have had a shot if the water had been clear," said Brace excitedly. "I've got ball in one barrel." "Good plan," said Briscoe, "for you never know what you may see next. I'd keep an eye upward amongst the low boughs of the trees. Use yours, too, Dan."
"One has to go to West Africa and Borneo for them. What do you say, Mr Briscoe?" "The naturalists all say that there are no big apes in South America; but some travellers tell a different tale, and the Indians report that there are great half-human creatures that they are afraid of roaming about in the woods."
"I admire the way they protected themselves and prepared for a siege as much as anything," said Briscoe. "The manner in which they contrived the water supply is to my mind grand. We must have torches one of these days, and examine that tank, and get up to the top and find out how the spring is led in." "But it seems strange that there are no more remains left about.
"A dugong," said Briscoe, cocking and raising his double rifle. "Dugong or manatee. Sea-cows, we call 'em. Going to shoot it, sir?" The American hesitated. "It seems tempting," he said; "but I don't know. It's too big for a specimen." "And not very good to eat; at least, I don't suppose we should like it."
He stared Tommy in the eye and said, "I've never seen you before in my life." Tommy looked deflated. He stepped back slightly, shaking his head. "Never saw such a resemblance. Are you a Vegan?" "No," Bart lied flatly. "Aldebaran. David Briscoe." "Glad to know you, Dave." With undiscourageable friendliness, Tommy stuck out a hand. "Say, that bell means dinner, why don't we go down together?
"Would be," said Briscoe, "if we could catch sight of the golden city." "You'll only see it as I did," cried Brace "in a dream; but you can read about it when we get back home, in some book of imaginary travels." "Perhaps," said Briscoe drily; "but I have more faith than you have, my fine fellow. Just wait and see."
"You think that he will recover, then?" said Brace eagerly. "I do," said the captain. "What have you got to say about it, mister?" He turned to the American as he spoke, and Briscoe, who had been keenly watching the half-insensible patient all the time Brace and the captain had been speaking, rose up slowly.
Of course, the subject of the picture should have been in the state historical line, but it's too late to have the paint scraped off and changed. The state won't miss the money and the picture can be stowed away in a lumber-room where it won't annoy any one. Now, here's the point to work on, leaving art to look after itself the chap that painted the picture is the grandson of Lucien Briscoe."
"I suppose that must mean that there are some species of apes on this continent, but that no specimens have been captured," said Brace. "I'm going to make a note of what we've seen to-day," said Briscoe, "for that chap was as big as an orang-outang, and quite as ugly." "Yes," said Brace. "It looks as if we had made a discovery. I don't see why there shouldn't be big ones in these vast forests."
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