Чудовище. Генри Райдер Хаггард

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      Примечания

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      Автор должен сказать, что настоящая повесть написана незадолго до открытия в Родезии окаменелых и чрезвычайно древних останков проточеловека, который вполне мог бы принадлежать к племени Хоу-хойа, «волосатых лесных жителей», о коих книга эта говорит устами Аллана Квотермейна. – Примеч. автора.

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      Темпль – район Лондона.

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      Анаконда – змея семейства удавов.

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      Драконовы горы – горная гряда в Юго-Восточной Африке.

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      Имеется в виду африканское побережье Индийского океана.

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