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..THE CAVERN YOU'VE JUST TAKEN LEADS INT
O A LARGE CHAMBER WITH SEVERAL LEVELS. A
 LITTLE CLIMBING ENABLES YOU TO CONTINUE
 YOUR JOURNEY..A SORT OF TILTED CHIMNEY 
GIVES YOU ACCESS TO A CAVERN SLOPING GEN
TLY UPWARDS..REDDISH REFLECTIONS APPEAR 
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. SHORTLY AFTERW
ARDS, LAVA APPEARS, CUTTING SHORT YOUR P
ROGRESS. YOU CANNOT CONTINUE..ENDURING U
NBEARABLE HEAT, YOU ARRIVE IN A LARGE CH
AMBER WHERE A MULTITUDE OF SMALL CRATERS
 SPRAYING MOLTEN LAVA BLOCK YOUR PATH..S
OON CLOUDS OF GREENISH GASES CHOKE YOU A
ND MAKE YOUR EYES WATER. YOU FIND IT HAR
D TO BREATHE..THE FURTHER YOU GO, THE MO
RE EXHAUSTED YOU FEEL. HEAVY VAPORS HIDE
 THE FLOOR. YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE BREATH
ING..THIS UPWARDLY SLOPING GALLERY LEADS
 YOU INTO A CHAMBER WITH NO WAY OUT. YOU
'VE REACHED A DEAD END..THROUGH A NARROW
, ASCENDING SHAFT YOU REACH A PASSAGE. O
N THE FLOOR YOU COME ACROSS A COILED ROP
E ABOUT 300 FEET LONG, AND PARTLY ROTTED
 AWAY BY THE PASSAGE OF TIME..WHILE WALK
ING ALONG, YOU DISCOVER AN OLD WORN LEAT
HER POUCH LYING ON A ROCK CONTAINING OLD
 DANISH COINS DATING FROM THE 16TH CENTU
RY. ON THE FRONT OF THE POUCH ARE THE EM
BROIDERED INITIALS: 'A.S.'..YOU ARE WALK
ING ALONG A CAVERN WHERE YOU FIND A PIEC
E OF WOOD CHARRED AT ONE END. IT MUST HA
VE BEEN A TORCH..PROGRESSING UP THIS STE
EP SLOPE IS DIFFICULT, BUT EVENTUALLY YO
U REACH A SMALL CHAMBER, WHERE YOUR ATTE
NTION IS DRAWN BY A SOUND, DROPS OF WATE
R FILTERING DOWN THROUGH THE CEILING AND
 DRIPPING INTO A CONTAINER, A SORT OF PA
N..A SHAFT OF VOLCANIC ROCK PLUNGES ALMO
ST VERTICALLY INTO THE BOWELS OF THE EAR
TH..A TWISTING SLOPING PASSAGEWAY LEADS 
YOU GENTLY DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE E
ARTH..YOU DESCEND THROUGH A GALLERY DECO
RATED WITH FOSSILS, STALACTITES AND STAL
AGMITES..YOU DESCEND THROUGH A GALLERY D
ECORATED WITH FOSS......................
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