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A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth

           ThearmsconsistedoftwoofPurdy’sriflesandtwobraceofpistols.Butwhatdidwewantarmsfor?Wehadneithersavagesnorwildbeaststofear,Isupposed.Butmyuncleseemedtobelieveinhisarsenalasinhisinstruments,andmoreespeciallyinaconsiderablequantityofguncotton,whichisunaffectedbymoisture,andtheexplosiveforceofwhichexceedsthatofgunpowder.

           Thetoolscomprisedtwopickaxes,twospades,asilkropeladder,threeiron-tippedsticks,ahatchet,ahammer,adozenwedgesandironspikes,andalongknottedrope.Nowthiswasalargeload,fortheladderwas300feetlong.

           Andtherewereprovisionstoo:thiswasnotalargeparcel,butitwascomfortingtoknowthatofessenceofbeefandbiscuitsthereweresixmonths’consumption.Spiritsweretheonlyliquid,andofwaterwetooknone;butwehadflasks,andmyuncledependedonspringsfromwhichtofillthem.WhateverobjectionsIhazardedastotheirquality,temperature,andevenabsence,remainedineffectual.

           Tocompletetheexactinventoryofallourtravellingaccompaniments,Imustnotforgetapocketmedicinechest,containingbluntscissors,splintsforbrokenlimbs,apieceoftapeofunbleachedlinen,bandagesandcompresses,lint,alancetforbleeding,alldreadfularticlestotakewithone.Thentherewasarowofphialscontainingdextrine,alcoholicether,liquidacetateoflead,vinegar,andammoniadrugswhichaffordedmenocomfort.Finally,allthearticlesneedfultosupplyRuhmkorff’sapparatus.

           Myuncledidnotforgetasupplyoftobacco,coarsegrainedpowder,andamadou,noraleathernbeltinwhichhecarriedasufficientquantityofgold,silver,andpapermoney.

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