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"

Did

you

doubt

it

?

"

returned

Harding

.

"

But

this

cavern

must

be

filled

with

water

to

a

certain

height

,

"

observed

Herbert

.

"

Either

the

cavern

will

be

completely

dry

,

"

replied

Harding

,

"

and

in

that

case

we

can

traverse

it

on

foot

,

or

it

will

not

be

dry

,

and

some

means

of

transport

will

be

put

at

our

disposal

.

"

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An

hour

passed

.

All

climbed

down

through

the

rain

to

the

level

of

the

sea

.

There

was

now

eight

feet

of

the

opening

above

the

water

.

It

was

like

the

arch

of

a

bridge

,

under

which

rushed

the

foaming

water

.

Leaning

forward

,

the

engineer

saw

a

black

object

floating

on

the

water

.

He

drew

it

towards

him

.

It

was

a

boat

,

moored

to

some

interior

projection

of

the

cave

.

This

boat

was

iron-plated

.

Two

oars

lay

at

the

bottom

.

"

Jump

in

!

"

said

Harding

.

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In

a

moment

the

settlers

were

in

the

boat

.

Neb

and

Ayrton

took

the

oars

,

Pencroft

the

rudder

.

Cyrus

Harding

in

the

bows

,

with

the

lantern

,

lighted

the

way

.

The

elliptical

roof

,

under

which

the

boat

at

first

passed

,

suddenly

rose

;

but

the

darkness

was

too

deep

,

and

the

light

of

the

lantern

too

slight

,

for

either

the

extent

,

length

,

height

,

or

depth

of

the

cave

to

be

ascertained

.

Solemn

silence

reigned

in

this

basaltic

cavern

.

Not

a

sound

could

penetrate

into

it

,

even

the

thunder

peals

could

not

pierce

its

thick

sides

.

Such

immense

caves

exist

in

various

parts

of

the

world

,

natural

crypts

dating

from

the

geological

epoch

of

the

globe

.

Some

are

filled

by

the

sea

;

others

contain

entire

lakes

in

their

sides

.

Such

is

Fingal

's

Cave

,

in

the

island

of

Staffa

,

one

of

the

Hebrides

;

such

are

the

caves

of

Morgat

,

in

the

bay

of

Douarnenez

,

in

Brittany

,

the

caves

of

Bonifacio

,

in

Corsica

,

those

of

Lyse-Fjord

,

in

Norway

;

such

are

the

immense

Mammoth

caverns

in

Kentucky

,

500

feet

in

height

,

and

more

than

twenty

miles

in

length

!

In

many

parts

of

the

globe

,

nature

has

excavated

these

caverns

,

and

preserved

them

for

the

admiration

of

man

.

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