“Jupiter!” exclaimed Buckden, “but that gave me a start.”
“I must confess to the same,” said Frank, with a smile.
“It is a clever imitation of a dragon, isn’t it?”
“Indeed, it is.”
Both adventurers now advanced and began to examine the monster critically.
It was a wonderful bit of workmanship in very truth.
“Indeed!” exclaimed Buckden, “I doubt if our sculptors of the present day could ever equal this.”
“I do not think they could surpass it much.”
“It certainly attests that the ancient inhabitants of Mazendla were a remarkably talented people.”
“Right you are.”