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           OnlyinfantasticnightmarescouldanyhumanbeingsbutDanforthandmeconceivesuchopticaleffects. Betweenusandthechurningvaporsofthewestlaythatmonstroustangleofdarkstonetowers,itsoutreandincredibleformsimpressingusafreshateverynewangleofvision. Itwasamirageinsolidstone,andwereitnotforthephotographs,Iwouldstilldoubtthatsuchathingcouldbe. Thegeneraltypeofmasonrywasidenticalwiththatoftherampartwehadexamined;buttheextravagantshapeswhichthismasonrytookinitsurbanmanifestationswerepastalldescription. 

           Eventhepicturesillustrateonlyoneortwophasesofitsendlessvariety,preternaturalmassiveness,andutterlyalienexoticism. ThereweregeometricalformsforwhichanEuclidwouldscarcelyfindanameconesofalldegreesofirregularityandtruncation,terracesofeverysortofprovocativedisproportion,shaftswithoddbulbousenlargements,brokencolumnsincuriousgroups,andfive-pointedorfive-ridgedarrangementsofmadgrotesqueness. Aswedrewnearerwecouldseebeneathcertaintransparentpartsoftheicesheet,anddetectsomeofthetubularstonebridgesthatconnectedthecrazilysprinkledstructuresatvariousheights. Oforderlystreetsthereseemedtobenone,theonlybroadopenswathbeingamiletotheleft,wheretheancientriverhaddoubtlessflowedthroughthetownintothemountains. 

           Ourfieldglassesshowedtheexternal,horizontalbandsofnearlyeffacedsculpturesanddotgroupstobeveryprevalent,andwecouldhalfimaginewhatthecitymustoncehavelookedlikeeventhoughmostoftheroofsandtowertopshadnecessarilyperished. 

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