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           Ifsuchshoulddevelop,orifourpapersupplyshouldgiveout,wecouldofcoursefallbackonthemoresecurethoughmoretediousandretardingmethodofrockchipping. 

           Justhowextensiveaterritorywehadopenedup,itwasimpossibletoguesswithoutatrial. Thecloseandfrequentconnectionofthedifferentbuildingsmadeitlikelythatwemightcrossfromonetoanotheronbridgesunderneaththeice,exceptwhereimpededbylocalcollapsesandgeologicrifts,forverylittleglaciationseemedtohaveenteredthemassiveconstructions. Almostalltheareasoftransparenticehadrevealedthesubmergedwindowsastightlyshuttered,asifthetownhadbeenleftinthatuniformstateuntiltheglacialsheetcametocrystallizethelowerpartforallsucceedingtime. Indeed,onegainedacuriousimpressionthatthisplacehadbeendeliberatelyclosedanddesertedinsomedim,bygoneaeon,ratherthanoverwhelmedbyanysuddencalamityorevengradualdecay. Hadthecomingoftheicebeenforeseen,andhadanamelesspopulationleftenmassetoseekalessdoomedabode? Theprecisephysiographicconditionsattendingtheformationoftheicesheetatthispointwouldhavetowaitforlatersolution. Ithadnot,veryplainly,beenagrindingdrive. Perhapsthepressureofaccumulatedsnowshadbeenresponsible,andperhapssomefloodfromtheriver,orfromtheburstingofsomeancientglacialdaminthegreatrange,hadhelpedtocreatethespecialstatenowobservable. Imaginationcouldconceivealmostanythinginconnectionwiththisplace. 

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