[Narrator]:
A mile further on, they reached the edge of a huge forest made up of vegetation of the Tertiary period
Tall palms were linked by a network of inextricable creepers, a carpet of moss covering the ground and the leaves were colourless, everything having a brownish hue
Exploring the forest they discovered a heard of gigantic animals, Mastadons, which were being marshalled by a primitive human being, a Proteus
He stood over twelve foot high and brandished an
Enormous bough, a crook worthy of this antediluvian shepherd