We are reading Conan Doyle's novel as a modern text that is driven by the imperial logic of the 20th
century.  We will examine the themes and characters as they are informed by the rhetoric of discovery and
developments in science.

Chapter 1

• Malone's character: a young, strong, courtly, and ambitious Irishman
• The opportunity for Malone to make his way in the world through adventure provides the occasion for the narrative
• McArdle is the editor for the Daily Gazette.
• McArdle's notion of blank spaces

Chapter 3

• Conan Doyle introduces George Edward Challenger, an anthropologist, craneologist and explorer with a violent streak.
• GEC's physical characteristics: large head, clear, masterful gray eyes,  black beard, imposing shoulders and a barrel chest; looks like an Assyrian Bull.
• GEC attacks journalists because they are ignorant of science and serve only to invade his privacy.
• GEC discovers Malone is faking his knowledge, and proceeds to engage in a wrestling match with him.
• Malone, however, realizes he has crossed boundaries.  As a gentleman and man who knows he has trespassed Challenger's limits, he does not press charges when GEC gives him a black eye.

• Introduction to house once again, except on legitimate grounds.
• Mrs. Challenger "in the way" and nags professor about his lack of dignity.  She is physically removed from the conversation and placed on a pedestal, "the stool of penance".
• Challenger offers Malone a cigar and sizes him up.  Looks at his skull: Brachycephalic, black Irish
• which means he has Spanish blood. This will contrast with Conan Doyle's red hair and blue eyed ape-men figures.
• Challenger recounts previous explorations of Wallace and Bates--two naturalists who worked in the
• Amazon.
• Convention of getting information from an obscure and now diseased explorer: Maple White.
• Challenger has White's knapsack containing his sketch book, his Moths and Butterflies, a bone and a revolver.
• What does this inventory tell you about exploration?
• Challenger offers comparative anatomy lesson on birds, bats, and pre-historic creatures. Bone is recent, not a fossil.
• Challenger explains how he followed Indian lore to find source of bone: Curupuri.
• Curupuri coincides with the "Daughter of Didi" myth in Green Mansions--it is something the Indians fear
• Challenger shows as proof a wing of the pterodactyl, a flying reptile.
• Malone names Challenger a "Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."  Why is this quote significant?