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"Trees such as those," he pointed out, "have probably not
been seen in this part of the world for several hundred
years. The early settlers are reported to have had their
problems when they cleared this land. Sometimes it took
years to remove virgin forest, stump and root."

"All right! I'll admit you have something, that we see a
section of country through that beam which certainly is not
out there now and may not have been for a long time. But
time travel-Atlantis-I have to have more proof before I
send in any recommendation-"

"You have the films to take back with you. I only spoke of
Atlantis as a possibility-I didn't promise it. You may merely
see pre-Columbian or just pre-Revolutionary Ohio but there.



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We have no way yet of proving or disproving Ibby's
equation. But you'll have to admit it is an impressive
beginning-"

"I want to see the film of what we've just watched,"

Hargreaves said. "I want to see if I can spot the change
when the beam went on."

"Take a little time to set it up-"

Hargreaves' scowl grew deeper. "I've got plenty-for this.
And I want to see what I'm taking back. There'll be a lot of
questions to answer."

"There-" Fordham settled down in the projection room.
"Here we go, Now-here's the cutting as is."

Raw earth under the weak sunlight of winter, a bulldozer to
the left throwing a shadow, the rise of the disputed mound

"I'll admit I saw a change. I only hope that the film shows
it!"

Fordham laughed. "Hypnotism? That's what you think I'm
doing? What would be the point? Unless you think I've
ridden a hobby completely out of sane bounds. This is the
first time we've held a beam so long-so we should have
more detailed evidence."