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The First Signs of Distress

           Itwasevidentthatwewereascendingthatscaleofanimallifeinwhichmanfillsthehighestplace.ButProfessorLiedenbrockseemednottonoticeit.

           Hewasawaitingoneoftwoevents,eithertheappearanceofaverticalwellopeningbeforehisfeet,downwhichourdescentmightberesumed,orthatofsomeobstaclewhichshouldeffectuallyturnusbackonourownfootsteps.Buteveningcameandneitherwishwasgratified.

           OnFriday,afteranightduringwhichIfeltpangsofthirst,ourlittletroopagainplungedintothewindingpassagesofthegallery.

           Aftertenhours’walkingIobservedasingulardeadeningofthereflectionofourlampsfromthesidewalls.Themarble,theschist,thelimestone,andthesandstoneweregivingwaytoadarkandlustrelesslining.Atonemoment,thetunnelbecomingverynarrow,Ileanedagainstthewall.

           WhenIremovedmyhanditwasblack.Ilookednearer,andfoundwewereinacoalformation.

           "Acoalmine!"Icried.

           "Aminewithoutminers,"myunclereplied.

           "Whoknows?"Iasked.

           "Iknow,"theProfessorpronounceddecidedly,"Iamcertainthatthisgallerydriventhroughbedsofcoalwasneverpiercedbythehandofman.Butwhetheritbethehandofnatureornotdoesnotmatter.Suppertimeiscome;letussup."

           Hanspreparedsomefood.Iscarcelyate,andIswalloweddownthefewdropsofwaterrationedouttome.Oneflaskhalffullwasallwehadlefttoslakethethirstofthreemen.

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