Puzzle #481

[kokopup]

h please

[wombat2u2004]

-he- o- -oa-- the H-S -ea--e, as -at--a-ist, I -as ---h st--- -ith -e-tai-
-a-ts i- the -ist-i--tio- o- the o--a-i- -ei--s i-ha-iti-- So-th A-e-i-a,
a-- i- the -eo-o-i-a- -e-atio-s o- the --ese-t to the -ast i-ha-ita-ts o-
that -o-ti-e-t.
-ha--es -a--i-
"The O-i-i- o- the S-e-ies"


Letters to guess:

BCDFGJKLMNPQRUVWXYZ

Kokopup E (22) H (17) = 61
lvpets2002 I (24) = 48
Karen A (21) T (28) = 70
Randi O (15) = 30
Killearn Kitties S (16) = 16

[Karen]

PM sent!

[wombat2u2004]

Karen got it.
You'll host the next puzzle will you Karen ????

When on board the HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain
facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America,
and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of
that continent.
Charles Darwin
"The Origin of the Species"

[Karen]

I will, if folks don't mind waiting a day or so, as tomorrow's gonna be a busy day for us.