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The Diving-Bell

           DickSandhastened,notwithoutterribleanxiety,forbythisnarrowopeningeitherlifewasgoingtopenetratewiththeair,orwiththewateritwasdeath.

           Suddenlyasharphissingwasheard.Thecompressedairescapedbutarayofdaylightfilteredthroughthewall.Thewateronlyroseeightinches,andstopped,withoutDickSandbeingobligedtoclosethehole.Theequilibriumwasestablishedbetweenthelevelwithinandthatoutside.Thesummitoftheconeemerged.Mrs.Weldonandhercompanionsweresaved.

           Atonce,afterafrantichurra,inwhichHercules’sthunderingvoiceprevailed,thecutlasseswereputtowork.Thesummit,quicklyattacked,graduallycrumbled.Theholewasenlarged,thepureairenteredinwaves,andwithitthefirstraysoftherisingsun.Thetoponcetakenoffthecone,itwouldbeeasytohoistthemselvesontoitswall,andtheywoulddevisemeansofreachingsomeneighboringheight,aboveallinundations.

           DickSandfirstmountedtothesummitofthecone.

           Acryescapedhim.

           Thatparticularnoise,toowellknownbyAfricantravelers,thewhizzingofarrows,passedthroughtheair.

           DickSandhadhadtimetoperceiveacampahundredfeetfromtheant-hill,andtenfeetfromthecone,ontheinundatedplain,longboats,filledwithnatives.

           Itwasfromoneofthoseboatsthattheflightofarrowshadcomethemomenttheyoungnovice’sheadappearedoutofthehole.

           DickSand,inaword,hadtoldalltohiscompanions.

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