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"

Oh

,

captain

,

"

replied

the

sailor

,

"

with

a

little

determination

--

"

Pencroft

had

erased

the

word

"

impossible

"

from

the

dictionary

of

Lincoln

Island

.

The

settlers

,

having

arrived

at

Prospect

Heights

,

went

immediately

towards

that

point

of

the

lake

near

which

was

the

old

opening

now

uncovered

.

This

outlet

had

now

become

practicable

,

since

the

water

no

longer

rushed

through

it

,

and

it

would

doubtless

be

easy

to

explore

the

interior

.

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In

a

few

minutes

the

settlers

had

reached

the

lower

point

of

the

lake

,

and

a

glance

showed

them

that

the

object

had

been

attained

.

In

fact

,

in

the

side

of

the

lake

,

and

now

above

the

surface

of

the

water

,

appeared

the

long-looked-for

opening

.

A

narrow

ridge

,

left

bare

by

the

retreat

of

the

water

,

allowed

them

to

approach

it

.

This

orifice

was

nearly

twenty

feet

in

width

,

but

scarcely

two

in

height

.

It

was

like

the

mouth

of

a

drain

at

the

edge

of

the

pavement

,

and

therefore

did

not

offer

an

easy

passage

to

the

settlers

;

but

Neb

and

Pencroft

,

taking

their

pickaxes

,

soon

made

it

of

a

suitable

height

.

The

engineer

then

approached

,

and

found

that

the

sides

of

the

opening

,

in

its

upper

part

at

least

,

had

not

a

slope

of

more

than

from

thirty

to

thirty-five

degrees

.

It

was

therefore

practicable

,

and

,

provided

that

the

declivity

did

not

increase

,

it

would

be

easy

to

descend

even

to

the

level

of

the

sea

.

If

then

,

as

was

probable

,

some

vast

cavity

existed

in

the

interior

of

the

granite

,

it

might

,

perhaps

,

be

of

great

use

.

"

Well

,

captain

,

what

are

we

stopping

for

?

"

asked

the

sailor

,

impatient

to

enter

the

narrow

passage

.

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You

see

Top

has

got

before

us

!

"

"

Very

well

,

"

replied

the

engineer

.

"

But

we

must

see

our

way

.

Neb

,

go

and

cut

some

resinous

branches

.

"

Neb

and

Herbert

ran

to

the

edge

of

the

lake

,

shaded

with

pines

and

other

green

trees

,

and

soon

returned

with

some

branches

,

which

they

made

into

torches

.

The

torches

were

lighted

with

flint

and

steel

,

and

Cyrus

Harding

leading

,

the

settlers

ventured

into

the

dark

passage

,

which

the

overplus

of

the

lake

had

formerly

filled

.

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