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A Procession! A Procession!
Thataddresswillnotbegiveninextensointhesecolumns,forthereasonthatafullaccountofthewholeadventuresoftheexpeditionisbeingpublishedasasupplementfromthepenofourownspecialcorrespondent.Somegeneralindicationswillthereforesuffice.Havingdescribedthegenesisoftheirjourney,andpaidahandsometributetohisfriendProfessorChallenger,coupledwithanapologyfortheincredulitywithwhichhisassertions,nowfullyvindicated,hadbeenreceived,hegavetheactualcourseoftheirjourney,carefullywithholdingsuchinformationaswouldaidthepublicinanyattempttolocatethisremarkableplateau.Havingdescribed,ingeneralterms,theircoursefromthemainriveruptothetimethattheyactuallyreachedthebaseofthecliffs,heenthralledhishearersbyhisaccountofthedifficultiesencounteredbytheexpeditionintheirrepeatedattemptstomountthem,andfinallydescribedhowtheysucceededintheirdesperateendeavors,whichcostthelivesoftheirtwodevotedhalf-breedservants."(ThisamazingreadingoftheaffairwastheresultofSummerlee’sendeavorstoavoidraisinganyquestionablematteratthemeeting.)
"Havingconductedhisaudienceinfancytothesummit,andmaroonedthemtherebyreasonofthefalloftheirbridge,theProfessorproceededtodescribeboththehorrorsandtheattractionsofthatremarkableland.
