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Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth

           MyuncleputhisRuhmkorff’sapparatusinaction;theraftmooredtotheshorewasleftalone;themouthofthetunnelwasnottwentyyardsfromus;andourparty,withmyselfatthehead,madeforitwithoutamoment’sdelay.

           Theaperture,whichwasalmostround,wasaboutfivefeetindiameter;thedarkpassagewascutoutintheliverockandlinedwithacoatoftheeruptivematterwhichformerlyissuedfromit;theinteriorwaslevelwiththegroundoutside,sothatwewereabletoenterwithoutdifficulty.Wewerefollowingahorizontalplane,when,onlysixpacesin,ourprogresswasinterruptedbyanenormousblockjustacrossourway.

           "Accursedrock!"Icriedinapassion,findingmyselfsuddenlyconfrontedbyanimpassableobstacle.

           Rightandleftwesearchedinvainforaway,upanddown,sidetoside;therewasnogettinganyfarther.Ifeltfearfullydisappointed,andIwouldnotadmitthattheobstaclewasfinal.Istopped,Ilookedunderneaththeblock:noopening.Above:granitestill.Hanspassedhislampovereveryportionofthebarrierinvain.Wemustgiveupallhopeofpassingit.

           Isatdownindespair.Myunclestrodefromsidetosideinthenarrowpassage.

           "ButhowwasitwithSaknussemm?"Icried.

           "Yes,"saidmyuncle,"washestoppedbythisstonebarrier?"

           "No,no,"Irepliedwithanimation."Thisfragmentofrockhasbeenshakendownbysomeshockorconvulsion,orbyoneofthosemagneticstormswhichagitatetheseregions,andhasblockedupthepassagewhichlayopentohim.ManyyearshaveelapsedsincethereturnofSaknussemmtothesurfaceandthefallofthishugefragment.

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