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The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below

           Ontheothersideoftheblown-uprockwasanabyss.Theexplosionhadcausedakindofearthquakeinthisfissuredandabysmalregion;agreatgulfhadopened;andthesea,nowchangedintoatorrent,washurryingusalongintoit.

           Igavemyselfupforlost.

           Anhourpassedawaytwohours,perhapsIcannottell.Weclutchedeachotherfast,tosaveourselvesfrombeingthrownofftheraft.Wefeltviolentshockswheneverwewereborneheavilyagainstthecraggyprojections.Yettheseshockswerenotveryfrequent,fromwhichIconcludedthatthegullywaswidening.ItwasnodoubtthesameroadthatSaknussemmhadtaken;butinsteadofwalkingpeaceablydownit,ashehaddone,wewerecarryingawholeseaalongwithus.

           Theseideas,itwillbeunderstood,presentedthemselvestomymindinavagueandundeterminedform.Ihaddifficultyinassociatinganyideastogetherduringthisheadlongrace,whichseemedlikeaverticaldescent.Tojudgebytheairwhichwaswhistlingpastmeandmadeawhizzinginmyears,weweremovingfasterthanthefastestexpresstrains.Tolightatorchunderthese’conditionswouldhavebeenimpossible;andourlastelectricapparatushadbeenshatteredbytheforceoftheexplosion.

           Iwasthereforemuchsurprisedtoseeaclearlightshiningnearme.ItlightedupthecalmandunmovedcountenanceofHans.Theskilfulhuntsmanhadsucceededinlightingthelantern;andalthoughitflickeredsomuchastothreatentogoout,itthrewafitfullightacrosstheawfuldarkness.

           Iwasrightinmysupposition.Itwasawidegallery.Thedimlightcouldnotshowusbothitswallsatonce.ThefallofthewaterswhichwerecarryingusawayexceededthatoftheswiftestrapidsinAmericanrivers.

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