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           Thistimethedescentcommencedbythenewgallery.Hanswalkedfirstaswashiscustom.

           WehadnotgoneahundredyardswhentheProfessor,movinghislanternalongthewalls,cried:

           "Hereareprimitiverocks.Nowweareintherightway.Forward!"

           Wheninitsearlystagestheearthwasslowlycooling,itscontractiongaveriseinitscrusttodisruptions,distortions,fissures,andchasms.Thepassagethroughwhichweweremovingwassuchafissure,throughwhichatonetimegranitepouredoutinamoltenstate.Itsthousandsofwindingsformedaninextricablelabyrinththroughtheprimevalmass.

           Asfastaswedescended,thesuccessionofbedsformingtheprimitivefoundationcameoutwithincreasingdistinctness.Geologistsconsiderthisprimitivemattertobethebaseofthemineralcrustoftheearth,andhaveascertainedittobecomposedofthreedifferentformations,schist,gneiss,andmicaschist,restinguponthatunchangeablefoundation,thegranite.

           Neverhadmineralogistsfoundthemselvesinsomarvellousasituationtostudynatureinsitu.Whattheboringmachine,aninsensible,inertinstrument,wasunabletobringtothesurfaceoftheinnerstructureoftheglobe,wewereabletoperusewithourowneyesandhandlewithourownhands.

           Throughthebedsofschist,colouredwithdelicateshadesofgreen,raninwindingcoursethreadsofcopperandmanganese,withtracesofplatinumandgold.Ithought,whatrichesarehereburiedatanunapproachabledepthintheearth,hiddenforeverfromthecovetouseyesofthehumanrace!

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