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Water Discovered

           Thepreparationsforourdeparturewerenotlonginmaking,andweweresoononourwaydownapassageincliningtwofeetinseven.Inanhourwehadgoneamileandaquarter,anddescendedtwothousandfeet.

           ThenIbegantoheardistinctlyquiteanewsoundofsomethingrunningwithinthethicknessofthegranitewall,akindofdull,deadrumbling,likedistantthunder.Duringthefirstpartofourwalk,notmeetingwiththepromisedspring,Ifeltmyagonyreturning;butthenmyuncleacquaintedmewiththecauseofthestrangenoise.

           "Hanswasnotmistaken,"hesaid."Whatyouhearistherushingofatorrent."

           "Atorrent?"Iexclaimed.

           "Therecanbenodoubt;asubterraneanriverisflowingaroundus."

           Wehurriedforwardinthegreatestexcitement.Iwasnolongersensibleofmyfatigue.Thismurmuringofwaterscloseathandwasalreadyrefreshingme.Itwasaudiblyincreasing.Thetorrent,afterhavingforsometimeflowedoverourheads,wasnowrunningwithintheleftwall,roaringandrushing.FrequentlyItouchedthewall,hopingtofeelsomeindicationsofmoisture:Buttherewasnohopehere.

           Yetanotherhalfhour,anotherhalfleaguewaspassed.

           Thenitbecameclearthatthehunterhadgonenofarther.Guidedbyaninstinctpeculiartomountaineershehadasitwerefeltthistorrentthroughtherock;buthehadcertainlyseennoneofthepreciousliquid;hehaddrunknothinghimself.

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