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But though at first I was unbelieving I had to yield to the evidence of my senses. In fact, at a distance of a quarter of a mile, leaning against the trunk of a gigantic kauri, stood a human being, the Proteus of those subterranean regions, a new son of Neptune, watching this countless herd of mastodons. Immanis pecoris custos, immanior ipse.
But whatever might have been my wish, I was compelled to yield to the weight of ocular demonstration. Yes not more than a quarter of a mile off, leaning against the trunk of an enormous tree, was a human being a Proteus of these subterranean regions, a new son of Neptune keeping this innumerable herd of mastodons. Immanis pecoris custos, immanior ipse!
Subj. after donec. So faciat below. See note, 1. Hic habitus, sc. ferreum annulum, cf. 17. Plurimis==permultis, Rit. Placet. Antithetic to ignominiosum genti. Nova. Al. torva. Strange, unusual. Mansuescunt. Primarily said of wild beasts, accustomed to the hand of man or tamed. So immanis, not handled, wild, savage.
Thus, like Jonah, we were delivered from the belly of this monster, this immanis ceta, and began again to rejoice like him, under the shadow of the gourd of our home. But it is better to trust in the Lord than in princes, in whom is no salvation; God had prepared a worm that smote our gourd and made it to perish."
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