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The Wonders of Terrestrial Depths

           Asfortheexactdepthreached,itwasveryeasytoascertainthat;theProfessormeasuredaccuratelytheanglesofdeviationandinclinationontheroad,buthekepttheresultstohimself.

           Abouteightintheeveninghesignalledtostop.Hanssatdownatonce.Thelampswerehunguponaprojectioninthelava;wewereinasortofcavernwheretherewasplentyofair.Certainpuffsofairreachedus.Whatatmosphericdisturbancewasthecauseofthem?Icouldnotanswerthatquestionatthemoment.Hungerandfatiguemademeincapableofreasoning.Adescentofsevenhoursconsecutivelyisnotmadewithoutconsiderableexpenditureofstrength.Iwasexhausted.Theorderto‘halt’thereforegavemepleasure.Hanslaidourprovisionsuponablockoflava,andweatewithagoodappetite.Butonethingtroubledme,oursupplyofwaterwashalfconsumed.Myunclereckoneduponafreshsupplyfromsubterraneansources,buthithertowehadmetwithnone.Icouldnothelpdrawinghisattentiontothiscircumstance.

           "Areyousurprisedatthiswantofsprings?"hesaid.

           "Morethanthat,Iamanxiousaboutit;wehaveonlywaterenoughforfivedays."

           "Don’tbeuneasy,Axel,weshallfindmorethanwewant."

           "When?"

           "Whenwehaveleftthisbedoflavabehindus.Howcouldspringsbreakthroughsuchwallsasthese?"

           "Butperhapsthispassagerunstoaverygreatdepth.Itseemstomethatwehavemadenogreatprogressvertically."

           "Whydoyousupposethat?"

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