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A New Mare Internum

           Probablythereweresubsidencesoftheoutercrust,whenaportionofthesedimentarydepositswascarrieddownsuddenopenings."

           "Thatmaybe,"Ireplied;"butiftherehavebeencreaturesnowextinctintheseundergroundregions,whymaynotsomeofthosemonstersbenowroamingthroughthesegloomyforests,orhiddenbehindthesteepcrags?"

           Andasthisunpleasantnotiongotholdofme,Isurveyedwithanxiousscrutinytheopenspacesbeforeme;butnolivingcreatureappeareduponthebarrenstrand.

           Ifeltrathertired,andwenttositdownattheendofapromontory,atthefootofwhichthewavescameandbeatthemselvesintospray.Thencemyeyecouldsweepeverypartofthebay;withinitsextremityalittleharbourwasformedbetweenthepyramidalcliffs,wherethestillwaterssleptuntouchedbytheboisterouswinds.Abrigandtwoorthreeschoonersmighthavemooredwithinitinsafety.IalmostfanciedIshouldpresentlyseesomeshipissuefromit,fullsail,andtaketotheopenseaunderthesouthernbreeze.

           Butthisillusionlastedaveryshorttime.Weweretheonlylivingcreaturesinthissubterraneanworld.Whenthewindlulled,adeepersilencethanthatofthedesertsfelluponthearid,nakedrocks,andweigheduponthesurfaceoftheocean.Ithendesiredtopiercethedistanthaze,andtorendasunderthemysteriouscurtainthathungacrossthehorizon.Anxiousqueriesarosetomylips.Wheredidthatseaterminate?Wherediditleadto?Shouldweeverknowanythingaboutitsoppositeshores?

           Myunclemadenodoubtaboutitatall;Ibothdesiredandfeared.

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