Geological Studies in Situ

           Nextday,Tuesday,June30,at6a.m.,thedescentbeganagain.

           Wewerestillfollowingthegalleryoflava,arealnaturalstaircase,andasgentlyslopingasthoseinclinedplaneswhichinsomeoldhousesarestillfoundinsteadofflightsofsteps.Andsowewentonuntil12.17,the,precisemomentwhenweovertookHans,whohadstopped.

           "Ah!hereweare,"exclaimedmyuncle,"attheveryendofthechimney."

           Ilookedaroundme.Wewerestandingattheintersectionoftworoads,bothdarkandnarrow.Whichwerewetotake?Thiswasadifficulty.

           Stillmyunclerefusedtoadmitanappearanceofhesitation,eitherbeforemeortheguide;hepointedouttheEasterntunnel,andweweresoonallthreeinit.

           Besidestherewouldhavebeeninterminablehesitationbeforethischoiceofroads;forsincetherewasnoindicationwhatevertoguideourchoice,wewereobligedtotrusttochance.

           Theslopeofthisgallerywasscarcelyperceptible,anditssectionsveryunequal.Sometimeswepassedaseriesofarchessucceedingeachotherlikethemajesticarcadesofagothiccathedral.Herethearchitectsofthemiddleagesmighthavefoundstudiesforeveryformofthesacredartwhichsprangfromthedevelopmentofthepointedarch.Amilefartherwehadtoboworheadsundercornicedellipticarchesintheromanesquestyle;andmassivepillarsstandingoutfromthewallbentunderthespringofthevaultthatrestedheavilyuponthem.Inotherplacesthismagnificencegavewaytonarrowchannelsbetweenlowstructureswhichlookedlikebeaver’shuts,andwehadtocreepalongthroughextremelynarrowpassages.

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