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Water Discovered

           Supposesomedisplacementshouldoccurandcrushusall!Supposethetorrent,burstingthrough,shoulddrownusinasuddenflood!Therewasnothingvaininthesefancies.Butstillnofearsoffallingrocksorrushingfloodscouldstayusnow;andourthirstwassointensethat,tosatisfyit,wewouldhavedaredthewavesofthenorthAtlantic.

           HanssetaboutthetaskwhichmyuncleandItogethercouldnothaveaccomplished.Ifourimpatiencehadarmedourhandswithpower,weshouldhaveshatteredtherockintoathousandfragments.NotsoHans.Fullofselfpossession,hecalmlyworehiswaythroughtherockwithasteadysuccessionoflightandskilfulstrokes,workingthroughanaperturesixincheswideattheoutside.Icouldhearaloudernoiseofflowingwaters,andIfanciedIcouldfeelthedeliciousfluidrefreshingmyparchedlips.

           Thepickhadsoonpenetratedtwofeetintothegranitepartition,andourmanhadworkedforaboveanhour.Iwasinanagonyofimpatience.Myunclewantedtoemploystrongermeasures,andIhadsomedifficultyindissuadinghim;stillhehadjusttakenapickaxeinhishand,whenasuddenhissingwasheard,andajetofwaterspurtedoutwithviolenceagainsttheoppositewall.

           Hans,almostthrownoffhisfeetbytheviolenceoftheshock,utteredacryofgriefanddisappointment,ofwhichIsoonunder-.stoodthecause,whenplungingmyhandsintothespoutingtorrent,Iwithdrewtheminhaste,forthewaterwasscaldinghot.

           "Thewaterisattheboilingpoint,"Icried.

           "Well,nevermind,letitcool,"myunclereplied.

           Thetunnelwasfillingwithsteam,whilstastreamwasforming,whichbydegreeswanderedawayintosubterraneanwindings,andsoonwehadthesatisfactionofswallowingourfirstdraught.

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