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....THE DISCOVERY OF AN OLD PARCHMENT, W
RITTEN IN ICELANDIC BY ARNE SAKNUSSEMM, 
A 16TH-CENTURY SAGE AND ALCHEMIST, WAS T
HE REASON FOR THEIR DEPARTURE..YOU, PROF
ESSOR GUNNARSON,.YOU, PROFESSOR BOURDON,
.YOU, PROFESSOR RUTHERFORD,.YOU, PROFESS
OR ROSSI,. EMINENT SCIENTIST, MEET YOUR 
ILLUSTRIOUS COLLEAGUE AND CONVINCE HIM T
O DEPART ONCE AGAIN, WITH YOU, AS PROOF 
OF HIS GOOD FAITH. HERE YOU ARE ONE MONT
H LATER IN ICELAND, AT THE FOOT OF THE V
OLCANO SNEFFELS, READY FOR ADVENTURE!.AF
TER SPENDING A DAY DESCENDING THE 3000 F
OOT DEEP SNEFFELS CHIMNEY, THE EXPEDITIO
N SPENDS TWO DAYS MOVING THROUGH A GALLE
RY OF VOLCANIC ROCK, WHEN SUDDENLY....UN
FORTUNATE IS THE TRAVELLER WHO WILL NEVE
R REACH THE JOURNEY'S END. YOUR MEMORIES
 WILL BE FOR EVER FORGOTTEN. FOR THE PEA
CE OF YOUR SPIRIT, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT 
YOU ARE NOW IN THE PARADISE OF MARTYRS T
O SCIENCE, WHICH IS GROWING DAY BY DAY..
YOU ESCAPED THIS MASS OF FALLING ROCK IN
 ONE PIECE, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN SEPARATED 
FROM THE LINDENBROCK GROUP. HOWEVER, YOU
 DECIDE TO CONTINUE THE JOURNEY. ACCORDI
NG TO WHAT PROFESSOR LINDENBROCK SAID, T
HE NEXT OBJECTIVE IS A FOREST OF MUSHROO
MS...YOU MOVE THROUGH A HIGH HORIZONTAL 
GALLERY WHICH, EVENTUALLY, OPENS OUT INT
O AN IMMENSE CHAMBER COVERED WITH A FORE
ST OF GIANT MUSHROOMS....YOU HAVE JUST C
OMPLETED THE FIRST LEG OF YOUR JOURNEY T
O THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. YOU THEN FIND
 A TEXT CARVED ON THE TRUNK OF THE LARGE
ST MUSHROOM :...'WHEN THE BONE GLEAMS, C
OURAGEOUS TRAVELER, YOU WILL BE NEAR YOU
R JOURNEY'S END'..A.S...AROUND THE CORNE
R OF THE NARROW PASSAGE YOU ARE FOLLOWIN
G, A MAGNIFICENT CHAMBER COVERED WITH AL
L SORTS OF BONES LEAPS INTO VIEW. IT'S B
RIGHTNESS BLINDS YOU FOR A MOMENT.....YO
U SOON SEE A MAN-MADE PILE OF BONES, ON 
TOP OF WHICH THERE IS A LARGE SHELL MORE
 THAN 10 FEET LONG, ON WHICH THE FOLLOWI
NG WORDS ARE CARVED:....'FIND THE CURREN
T AND FOLLOW IT, COURAGEOUS TRAVELER, AN
D YOU WILL SOON REACH YOUR GOAL.'..A.S..
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