The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &C, Vol. 1: January 1, 1823 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &C, Vol. 1: January 1, 1823
When B had completely re covered, we all, as you may suppose, cheerfully abstained from sleep, in order to gratify our curiosity.
Scarcely had I proceeded a few paces, said B beginning his narrative, in the subterraneous pas sage, which was so high that I could conveniently stand upright in it, when my feet suddenly slipped from under me, and I fell to a considerable depth. I was so stunned by the fall, that I cannot say how long I lay in this state before I gradually came to my self. I was surrounded with impe netrable darkness, and overwhelmed with hgrror at the idea of being en tombed alive in this hole. All my calling and shouting were to no pur pose, and the dull echo returned by the naked walls of the passage sound ed the more appalling. Anxiety im parted new strength; in spite of the pains that I felt in all my limbs, I rose and began to grope about. All around me I could feel nothing but bare walls, covered with clammy mois ture. I began to despair of finding an outlet, when all at once on one side of the rock I discovered an Open ing, and felt a strong current of air. Into this aperture I ventured with caution; I found another passage.
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