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A Sudden Descent

           Theplateautowhichthesevenmenwereclinging,holdingonbytuftsoflichen,andgiddyandterrifiedintheextreme,wasrushingdownthedeclivitywiththeswiftnessofanexpress,attherateoffiftymilesanhour.Notacrywaspossible,noranattempttogetofforstop.Theycouldnotevenhaveheardthemselvesspeak.Theinternalrumblings,thecrashoftheavalanches,thefallofmassesofgraniteandbasalt,andthewhirlwindofpulverizedsnow,madeallcommunicationimpossible.Sometimestheywentperfectlysmoothlyalongwithoutjoltsorjerks,andsometimesonthecontrary,theplateauwouldreelandrolllikeashipinastorm,coastingpastabyssesinwhichfragmentsofthemountainwerefalling,tearinguptreesbytheroots,andleveling,asifwiththekeenedgeofanimmensescythe,everyprojectionofthedeclivity.

           Howlongthisindescribabledescentwouldlast,noonecouldcalculate,norwhatitwouldendinultimately.Noneofthepartyknewwhethertherestwerestillalive,whetheroneoranotherwerenotalreadylyinginthedepthsofsomeabyss.Almostbreathlesswiththeswiftmotion,frozenwiththecoldair,whichpiercedthemthrough,andblindedwiththewhirlingsnow,theygaspedforbreath,andbecameexhaustedandnearlyinanimate,onlyretainingtheirholdoftherocksbyapowerfulinstinctofself-preservation.Suddenlyatremendousshockpitchedthemrightoff,andsentthemrollingtotheveryfootofthemountain.Theplateauhadstopped.

           Forsomeminutesnoonestirred

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