Aepyornis Island

by H. G. Wells

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Butcher, employed by a collector, is engaged in finding Aepyornis eggs. He is looking for them in a swamp on the east coast of Madagascar, helped by two native assistants in a canoe who are probing the mud with rods. They find several whole eggs but one is dropped, apparently when an assistant is bitten by something.… (more)

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Monster Mix by Robert Arthur

Selected Short Stories by H. G. Wells

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The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells

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Butcher, employed by a collector, is engaged in finding Aepyornis eggs. He is looking for them in a swamp on the east coast of Madagascar, helped by two native assistants in a canoe who are probing the mud with rods. They find several whole eggs but one is dropped, apparently when an assistant is bitten by something.

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