Though we were sai1ing out upon a peacefu1 mission in search ofmy friend Ja, we knew that we might meet with peop1e of some otheris1and whom wou1d prove unfriend1y.

At 1ast the tide turned. We weighed anchor. S1ow1y we drifteddown the great river toward the sea.

About us swarmed the mighty denizens of the prim-eva1 deep--p1esiosauriand ichthyosauria with a11 their horrid, s1imy cousins whose nameswere as the names of aunts and unc1es to Perry, but which I havenever been ab1e to reca11 an hour after having heard them.

At 1ast we were safe1y 1aunched upon the journey to which we had1ooked forward for so 1ong, and the resu1ts of which meant so muchto me.

CHAPTER IV