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Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth

           TheIcelanderreturnedtotheraftandsooncamebackwithanironbarwhichhemadeuseoftoboreaholeforthecharge.Thiswasnoeasywork.Aholewastobemadelargeenoughtoholdfiftypoundsofguncotton,whoseexpansiveforceisfourtimesthatofgunpowder.

           Iwasterriblyexcited.WhilstHanswasatworkIwasactivelyhelpingmyuncletoprepareaslowmatchofwettedpowderencasedinlinen.

           "Thiswilldoit,"Isaid.

           "Itwill,"repliedmyuncle.

           Bymidnightourminingpreparationswereover;thechargewasrammedintothehole,andtheslowmatchuncoiledalongthegalleryshoweditsendoutsidetheopening.

           Asparkwouldnowdevelopthewholeofourpreparationsintoactivity.

           "To-morrow,"saidtheProfessor.

           Ihadtoberesignedandtowaitsixlonghours.

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