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Contrary
to
what
might
have
been
supposed
,
the
diameter
of
the
passage
increased
as
the
explorers
proceeded
,
so
that
they
very
soon
were
able
to
stand
upright
.
The
granite
,
worn
by
the
water
for
an
infinite
time
,
was
very
slippery
,
and
falls
were
to
be
dreaded
.
But
the
settlers
were
all
attached
to
each
other
by
a
cord
,
as
is
frequently
done
in
ascending
mountains
.
Happily
some
projections
of
the
granite
,
forming
regular
steps
,
made
the
descent
less
perilous
.
Drops
,
still
hanging
from
the
rocks
,
shone
here
and
there
under
the
light
of
the
torches
,
and
the
explorers
guessed
that
the
sides
were
clothed
with
innumerable
stalactites
.
The
engineer
examined
this
black
granite
.
There
was
not
a
stratum
,
not
a
break
in
it
.
The
mass
was
compact
,
and
of
an
extremely
close
grain
.
The
passage
dated
,
then
,
from
the
very
origin
of
the
island
.
It
was
not
the
water
which
little
by
little
had
hollowed
it
.
Pluto
and
not
Neptune
had
bored
it
with
his
own
hand
,
and
on
the
wall
traces
of
an
eruptive
work
could
be
distinguished
,
which
all
the
washing
of
the
water
had
not
been
able
totally
to
efface
.
The
settlers
descended
very
slowly
.
They
could
not
but
feel
a
certain
awe
,
in
this
venturing
into
these
unknown
depths
,
for
the
first
time
visited
by
human
beings
.
They
did
not
speak
,
but
they
thought
;
and
the
thought
came
to
more
than
one
,
that
some
polypus
or
other
gigantic
cephalopod
might
inhabit
the
interior
cavities
,
which
were
in
communication
with
the
sea
.
However
,
Top
kept
at
the
head
of
the
little
band
,
and
they
could
rely
on
the
sagacity
of
the
dog
,
who
would
not
fail
to
give
the
alarm
if
there
was
any
need
for
it
.
After
having
descended
about
a
hundred
feet
,
following
a
winding
road
,
Harding
who
was
walking
on
before
,
stopped
,
and
his
companions
came
up
with
him
.
The
place
where
they
had
halted
was
wider
,
so
as
to
form
a
cavern
of
moderate
dimensions
.
Drops
of
water
fell
from
the
vault
,
but
that
did
not
prove
that
they
oozed
through
the
rock
.
They
were
simply
the
last
traces
left
by
the
torrent
which
had
so
long
thundered
through
this
cavity
,
and
the
air
there
was
pure
though
slightly
damp
,
but
producing
no
mephitic
exhalation
.
"
Well
,
my
dear
Cyrus
,
"
said
Gideon
Spilett
,
"
here
is
a
very
secure
retreat
,
well
hid
in
the
depths
of
the
rock
,
but
it
is
,
however
,
uninhabitable
.
"
"
Why
uninhabitable
?
"
asked
the
sailor
.
"
Because
it
is
too
small
and
too
dark
.
"
"
Could
n't
we
enlarge
it
,
hollow
it
out
,
make
openings
to
let
in
light
and
air
?
"
replied
Pencroft
,
who
now
thought
nothing
impossible
.
"
Let
us
go
on
with
our
exploration
,
"
said
Cyrus
Harding
.
"
Perhaps
lower
down
,
nature
will
have
spared
us
this
labor
.
"
"
We
have
only
gone
a
third
of
the
way
,
"
observed
Herbert
.
