:15:03
It's right on the edge
of the unexplored regions.
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When I got back, I found this account
of a Portuguese expedition
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that went to the same region in 1649.
:15:14
Only one man returned,
Father Luis Mendoz.
:15:18
When they found him in the jungle,
it was assumed he was mad.
:15:22
So we're going to be following a map
drawn up by a lunatic!
:15:26
- He was raving about dragons.
- Dinosaurs.
:15:29
Exactly.
:15:30
Now, according to Luis Mendoz,
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there's a remote plateau
in the middle of the unmapped territory.
:15:38
He says there's a cave system
leading right the way up to the summit.
:15:43
- His claim makes perfect sense.
- Why?
:15:47
For a pterosaur or any other
prehistoric creature to have survived,
:15:52
it must have been isolated from
the mainstream of evolutionary development.
:15:56
Where do you propose we start
our search for this mythical plateau?
:16:01
- It wasn't mythical to Padre Mendoz!
- How very reassuring.
:16:06
Your mind is as fossilised
as the exhibits in your precious museums!
:16:10
- How dare you!
- Gentlemen! Please.
:16:14
There's a small mission
about a week's journey upriver.
:16:18
It's run by a Reverend Theo Kerr.
:16:21
A Theo Kerr wrote a very silly book
condemning Darwin.
:16:24
- It's the same man.
- Oh, splendid.
:16:40
(EDWARD) "Dear Mr McArdle, herewith
my first dispatch, together with expenses.
:16:46
"Notwithstanding our agreement
that you would rewrite my accounts,
:16:50
"I have tried to embrace a style
which will appeal to Gazette readers.
:16:55
"After an uneventful journey
of some seven weeks,
:16:58
"we find ourselves in the upper reaches
of the mighty Amazon river,