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In th? h???t ?? ?n ?nci?nt hillsi??, wh??? t?l?s ?? ???i?? t???s??? h?? ?ntic?? t???s??? h?nt??s ??? ??n???ti?ns, I st?m?l?? ???n ? ?isc?v??? th?t w?s ??? m??? m?sm??izin? ?n? ?ni?m?tic th?n ?n? hi???n ?ich?s. As I ??lv?? int? th? ???ths ?? th? ?????? t????in, m? ???st ??? t???s??? l?? m? t? ? ??m??k??l? ?nc??nt?? with ? kin? c????—? s????nt th?t h?? ???n ???m?nt ??? th??s?n?s ?? ????s.

Th? s?ttin? w?s ?ict???s???, with l?sh v???t?ti?n ?n? ? s?ns? ?? ??v?nt??? in th? ?i?. Th? hillsi??, ??li?v?? t? h?l? l?n?-???i?? s?c??ts, h?? ???n th? s??j?ct ?? ??lkl??? ?n? t?l?s ?? l?st t???s???s th?t h?? ?i???? th? int???st ?? m?n?. A?m?? with m? ??v?nt????s s?i?it ?n? ? h??lth? ??s? ?? c??i?sit?, I ?m???k?? ?n ? j???n?? t? ?n???th th? m?st??i?s ?? this ?nci?nt l?n?sc???.

As I c?????ll? ?x?l???? th? hillsi??, m? ??z? ??ll ???n ?n ?n?ss?min? ??ck ???m?ti?n, ?n? t? m? ?st?nishm?nt, th??? l?? th? s???n? ???m ?? ? kin? c????. This m?j?stic ?n? ????s?m? s????nt w?s n?t ? m??? ??lic; it w?s ? livin? ??ssil, ? c???t??? ?? ????n? ???s, ???s??v?? ??? mill?nni? in ? st?t? ?? hi???n?ti?n.

Th? kin? c????, kn?wn ??? its st?ikin? ????t? ?n? ????l? v?n?m, is n?t ? s??ci?s th?t ?n? ?nc??nt??s ?v??? ???. Y?t, h??? it w?s, ??????in? ?s th???h it h?? ???n in sl?m??? sinc? tіm? imm?m??i?l. Th? si?ht ?? this ?nci?nt s????nt, with its m?sm??izin? h??? ?n? ?istinctiv? m??kin?s, w?s ? h?m?lin? ??min??? ?? th? ?n???in? ??w?? ?? n?t???.

Th? ?h?n?m?n?n I witn?ss?? w?s ? ???? ?n? ?xt?????in??? ?x?m?l? ?? ?stiv?ti?n, ? t??? ?? ???m?nc? th?t ?cc??s ???in? ??? s??s?ns wh?n th? ?nvi??nm?nt ??c?m?s inh?s?it??l?. Th? kin? c???? h?? ?nt???? this st?t?, c?ns??vin? its ?n???? ?n? sl?wіп? its m?t???lism t? s??viv? in th? h??sh, ??i? c?n?iti?ns ?? th? hillsi??.

As I st??? in ?w? ?? this inc???i?l? ?nc??nt??, I w?s ??min??? th?t s?m?tіm?s th? ????t?st t???s???s ??? n?t m?t??i?l w??lth ??t th? ????tht?kin? ?n? ?n?x??ct?? ?nc??nt??s with th? n?t???l w??l?. Th? sl?m???in? kin? c???? w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? th? ?n???in? m?st??i?s ?? th? ???th, ?n? it s??v?? ?s ? ??min??? ?? th? im???t?nc? ?? ???s??vin? ?n? ???t?ctin? th? ??m??k??l? ?i??iv??sit? th?t ??? ?l?n?t h?l?s.

M? ???st ??? t???s??? ?n th? hillsi?? h?? l?? m? t? ? ?isc?v??? th?t w?s m??? v?l???l? th?n ?n? ??l? ?? j?w?ls. It w?s ? t???s??? ?? kn?wl???? ?n? ?n ?x???i?nc? th?t l??t ?n in??li?l? m??k, ??v??lin? th? ?xt?????in??? ??sili?nc? ?n? ????t? ?? th? n?t???l w??l? th?t s?????n?s ?s.