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..YOU FOLLOW A BROAD, HIGH GALLERY WHOSE
ROCK CRYSTAL WALLS ARE WONDERFUL TO BEH
OLD..YOU HAVE CHOSEN A ROUTE THAT PASSES
THROUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL CHAMBER
S DECORATED WITH STALACTITES AND STALAGM
ITES..THE INCREASINGLY OPPRESSIVE HEAT C
OMES FROM A WIDE RIVER OF MOLTEN MAGMA W
HICH BLOCKS YOUR PATH..A CASCADE OF LIQU
ID LAVA, DEVOURING THE ROCKS AROUND IT,
PREVENTS YOU CONTINUING..YOU ARE MAKING
PROGRESS WITH DIFFICULTY SINCE THE APPEA
RANCE OF THE SURROUNDING CLOUDS OF GAS..
ONE BY ONE, POOLS GIVING OFF VAPORS OPEN
UP AS YOU CONTINUE. SUDDENLY YOU DON'T
FEEL VERY WELL..THE SHAFT WHICH YOU HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWING FOR A SHORT TIME LEADS Y
OU TO A DEAD END WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A R
OCKFALL..YOU WALK THROUGH A FOREST OF ST
ALAGMITES, WHEN AT YOUR FEET YOU DISCOVE
R AN OLD CHRONOMETER WITH A TWISTED HAND
AND BROKEN FACE..YOUR STEPS LEAD YOU TO
A LARGE REDDISH STALAGMITE WHICH, FAR F
ROM BARRING THE ROUTE, REVEALS ANOTHER C
AVERN OFF TO ONE SIDE; TWO CARVED INITIA
LS, 'A.S.'..YOU ARRIVE IN A HIGH, NARROW
CHAMBER COVERED WITH COAL-LIKE ROCK. YO
U THEN NOTICE A SMALL CANVAS BAG CONTAIN
ING IRON PITONS..YOU FOLLOW A LOW-CEILIN
G CAVERN WHEN YOU SUDDENLY COME ACROSS A
N OLD, RUSTY, BROKEN COMPASS..YOU END UP
IN A MAGNIFICENT CHAMBER WHICH RESONATE
S WITH THE AMPLIFIED SOUND OF YOUR STEPS
. YOU THEN DISCOVER A PIECE OF WOOD CHAR
RED AT ONE END. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TORC
H..YOU THEN MOVE ALONG A CAVERN WHICH GE
NTLY SLOPES UPWARDS..A SHARPLY RISING GA
LLERY OPENS UP: WITH EFFORT AND SOME CLI
MBING, YOU MAKE GOOD PROGRESS..A NARROW
ASCENDING CORKSCREW PASSAGE ENABLES YOU
TO CONTINUE..
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