But the saurian, for such it was, did not move.
“Mercy on us!” exclaimed Frank. “What was that?”
“On me worrud!” cried Barney, excitedly. “I never saw the loikes in me loife!”
“Golly! looks like a big ‘gator!” said Pomp.
“I tell you we are only coming upon a few existing specimens of the antediluvian animal kingdom,” said Roger Harmon.
“You are right,” cried Frank.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we discovered a specimen of the megatheriun yet.”
“Nor I.”
The boat kept on up the river.
But no more wonderful animals were seen for the time.