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A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth

           Theresultofthetreatywas,thatHansengagedonhisparttoconductustothevillageofStapi,onthesouthshoreoftheSnæfellpeninsula,attheveryfootofthevolcano.Bylandthiswouldbeabouttwenty-twomiles,tobedone,saidmyuncle,intwodays.

           ButwhenhelearntthattheDanishmilewas24,000feetlong,hewasobligedtomodifyhiscalculationsandallowsevenoreightdaysforthemarch.

           Fourhorsesweretobeplacedatourdisposaltwotocarryhimandme,twoforthebaggage.Hams,aswashiscustom,wouldgoonfoot.Heknewallthatpartofthecoastperfectly,andpromisedtotakeustheshortestway.

           HisengagementwasnottoterminatewithourarrivalatStapi;hewastocontinueinmyuncle’sserviceforthewholeperiodofhisscientificresearches,fortheremunerationofthreerixdalesaweek(abouttwelveshillings),butitwasanexpressarticleofthecovenantthathiswagesshouldbecountedouttohimeverySaturdayatsixo’clockintheevening,which,accordingtohim,wasoneindispensablepartoftheengagement.

           Thestartwasfixedforthe16thofJune.Myunclewantedtopaythehunteraportioninadvance,butherefusedwithoneword:

           "Efter,"saidhe.

           "After,"saidtheProfessorformyedification.

           Thetreatyconcluded,Hanssilentlywithdrew.

           "Afamousfellow,"criedmyuncle;"buthelittlethinksofthemarvellousparthehastoplayinthefuture."

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