The Lost Continent
by Burroughs Edgar Rice
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...from the wide distribution and great volume of thesound we came to the conclusion that enormous numbers of these beastsmust roam the adjacent country. "They have eaten up the inhabitants, " murmured Snider, shuddering. "I imagine you are right, " I agreed, "for their extreme boldness andfearlessness in the presence of man would suggest either that man isentirely unknown to them, or that they are extremely familiar with himas their natural and most easily procured prey. ""But where did they come from?" asked Delcarte. "Could they havetraveled here from Asia?"I shook my head. The thing was a puzzle to me. I knew that it waspractically beyond reason to imagine that tigers had crossed themountain ranges and rivers and all the great continent of Europe totravel this far from their native lairs, and entirely impossible thatthey should have crossed the English Channel at all. Yet here theywere, and in great numbers. We continued up the Tamar several miles, filled our casks, and thenlanded to...
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