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..YOU FOLLOW A BROAD, HIGH GALLERY WHOSE
ROCK CRYSTAL WALLS ARE WONDERFUL TO BEH
OLD....YOU HAVE CHOSEN A ROUTE WHICH PAS
SES THROUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL CHAM
BERS DECORATED WITH STALACTITES AND STAL
AGMITES..THE INCREASINGLY OPPRESSIVE HEA
T COMES FROM A WIDE RIVER OF MOLTEN MAGM
A WHICH BLOCKS YOUR PATH....A CASCADE OF
LIQUID LAVA, DEVOURING THE ROCKS AROUND
IT, PREVENTS YOU CONTINUING....YOU ARE
MAKING PROGRESS WITH DIFFICULTY SINCE TH
E APPEARANCE OF CLOUDS OF GAS AROUND YOU
....ONE BY ONE, POOLS, GIVING OFF VAPOUR
S, OPEN UP AS YOU CONTINUE. SUDDENLY YOU
DON'T FEEL VERY WELL, IN FACT YOU FEEL
SICK....THE SHAFT WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN FO
LLOWING FOR A SHORT WHILE LEADS YOU TO A
DEAD END CAUSED BY A ROCKFALL....YOU AR
E WALKING THROUGH A FOREST OF STALAGMITE
S, WHEN AT YOUR FEET YOU DISCOVER AN OLD
CHRONOMETER WITH A TWISTED HAND AND BRO
KEN FACE....YOUR STEPS LEAD YOU TO A LAR
GE, REDDISH STALAGMITE WHICH, FAR FROM B
ARRING THE ROUTE, REVEALS ANOTHER GALLER
Y OFF TO ONE SIDE; TWO CARVED INITIALS :
A.S....YOU ARRIVED IN A HIGH, NARROW CH
AMBER COVERED WITH COAL-LIKE ROCK, YOU T
HEN NOTICE A SMALL CANVAS BAG CONTAINING
IRON PITONS....YOU FOLLOW A LOW-CEILING
ED GALLERY WHEN YOU SUDDENLY COME ACROSS
AN OLD, BROKEN, RUSTY COMPASS....YOU EN
D UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CHAMBER WHICH RESO
NATES WITH THE AMPLIFIED SOUND OF YOUR S
TEPS. YOU THEN DISCOVER A PIECE OF WOOD
CHARRED AT ONE END, IT MUST HAVE BEEN A
TORCH....YOU THEN MOVE ALONG A GALLERY W
HICH SLOPES GENTLY UPWARDS....A SHARPLY
RISING GALLERY OPENS UP; EFFORT AND SOME
CLIMBING ENABLE YOU TO MAKE GOOD PROGRE
SS....A NARROW ASCENDING CORKSCREW PASSA
GE ENABLES YOU TO CONTINUE....
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