He reported back 'All
right.' On the return of the rope I took my position on the stick
and was soon dangling in mid air. The sensation was strange and
exhilarating. Looking up I could only see the small opening I came
through, and a straggling stream of light poured down that, but on
all sides profound darkness reigned supreme. A spark-like light my
son lit, reminded me of the lost Pleiad. About twenty-five or
thirty feet from the top I caught sight of a scene that made me
call on the men at the windlass to stop.
"This caused them to think something was going wrong and one called
out to know what was the matter: I heard him say 'He is weakening.'
I assured them everything was right only I wanted to take a view;
so they stopped. Off at a distance of perhaps twenty-five feet was
an opening about ten feet or more wide and twelve feet high. The
light from the opening struck it fairly, owing to the position of
the sun at the time. Through this opening I saw into another room,
large and magnificent. It brought to mind the White City. It was
snowy white, and thickly studded with stalactites and stalagmites
of immense size and in great numbers; some looking like spires of
numerous churches, and many connected as with a lattice-work about
the bottom.
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