The Poison Belt(有毒地带)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1The Blurring of Lines
It is imperative that now at once, while these stupendous events
are still clear in my mind, I should set them down with that
exactness of detail which time may blur. But even as I do so, I am
overwhelmed by the wonder of the fact that it should be our little
group of the "Lost World"—Professor Challenger, Professor
Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and myself—who have passed through
this amazing experience.
When, some years ago, I chronicled in the Daily Gazette our
epoch-making journey in South America, I little thought that it
should ever fall to my lot to tell an even stranger personal
experience, one which is unique in all human annals and must stand
out in the records of history as a great peak among the humble
foothills which surround it. The event itself …