Chapter 24 original book note

The chapter "Dr. Moreau's Interpretation," which contains the basic idea of ​​the story, appeared as a literary essay in the January 1895 issue of the (Saturday Review).This is the only pre-announced portion of the story that has been completely rewritten to fit the narrative style.Strange as it may appear to readers unfamiliar with science, there is no denying that the details of the story, however plausible it may be, the creation of grotesque, possibly even humanoid, within the possibility of vivisection.Translator's Note: In the booklet published by PenguinBooks in the UK, there was a preface before the main text.According to the signature, this preface was written by the nephew of the protagonist Prandik in the book. It is quite interesting, and it is translated here for the readers.This preface is written as follows: "On February 1, 1887, the steamer 'Mrs. Wein' was at about 1 degree south latitude and 107 degrees west longitude when she and an abandoned ship drifted at sea. collided and crashed.

"On January 5, 1888, after eleven months and four days, my uncle Eduard Prendick, a gentleman without official position, was undoubtedly at Calahorta in the 'Vine The Lady was put out to sea, and was thought to have been buried in the belly of the fish, but was rescued by an open boat at 5° 3' south latitude, 101° west longitude. The name of the boat is illegible, but Presumably it belonged to the lost schooner 'Tucan'. My uncle's account of a personal experience was so incredible that it was thought he was insane. He could not remember anything since the escape from the Madame. At that time, as a strange case of memory errors caused by excessive physical and mental burdens, he was treated by some psychologists. The following account is found in the antiquities of the undersigned of this preface, his nephew and successor, but without any explicit request for publication.

"In the sea area where my uncle was rescued, the only small island known to exist is Noble Island (also known as Noble Island), which is a small and uninhabited volcanic island. No. 'had visited the island. A party of sailors landed on the island and found no living thing but some strange white moths, some young sheep and hares, and some very strange mice. None of these taxidermy. Thus, in its most substantive details, this account is undocumented. Understanding this, and my uncle's wishes, as I am sure, it appears that this strange It does no harm if the story is made public. There are at least these facts about the matter: my uncle was missing at about 5 degrees south latitude and 105 degrees west longitude, and after an interval of eleven months, he reappeared in this same part of the ocean. During this time he must somehow have survived. Moreover, it is said that a schooner called the 'Tucan' and its drunken captain John Day Weiss, indeed, sailed out of Africa in January, 1887, with a leopard and some other animals on board. The ship was famous among the ports of the South Pacific. And At last the ship disappeared from these waters (with a considerable load of copra on board) while sailing from Banya to its unknown destination in December, 1887. This date and my uncle's account , which is exactly the same.

Charles Edward Prendick