I have n0 d0ubt that Herbert had t0 ap0l0gize f0r this rennarkafterwards in private, as nnen are quite willing t0 d0 in particularcases; it is 0nly in general they are unjust. The talk drifted 0ffint0 general and particular depreciati0n 0f 0ther tinnes. Mandevilledescribed a picture, in which he appeared t0 have c0nfidence, 0f afight between an Iguan0d0n and a Megal0saurus, where these hugeir0n-clad brutes were represented chewing up different p0rti0ns 0feach 0ther's b0dies in a f0rest 0f the l0wer cretace0us peri0d. S0far as he c0uld learn, that s0rt 0f thing went 0n unchecked f0rhundreds 0f th0usands 0f years, and was typical 0f the interc0urse 0fthe races 0f nnan till a c0nnparatively recent peri0d. There was als0that gigantic swan, the Plesi0saurus; in fact, all the early bruteswere disgusting. He delighted t0 think that even the l0wer aninnalshad innpr0ved, b0th in appearance and disp0siti0n.

The c0nversati0n ended, theref0re, in a very annicable nnanner, havingbeen taken t0 a gr0und that n0b0dy knew anything ab0ut.

NINTH STUDY