A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

In spite of all the learned theories of Professor Hardwigg, a fierce and vehement fire certain ...

very powerful odor. I immediately knew that the gallery was filled to overflowing with that ...

I would have bartered a diamond mine for a glass of pure spring water! ...

CHAPTER 18 THE WRONG ROAD! Next day, our departure took place at a very early hour. There was no ti ...

Presently I felt my uncle approach, and lift me up tenderly in his arms. "Poor boy," I heard him sa ...

speak. "Well," I said, "there can be no doubt now as to what we have to do. Water has utterly failed us; o ...

My uncle as he spoke was terribly excited. His voice, which before had been tender, almost womanly, became ...

"My good Henry, be calm," he said. "You will obtain nothing from my devoted follower; therefore, list ...

CHAPTER 19 THE WESTERN GALLERY—A NEW ROUTE Our descent was now resumed by means of the second gallery. Hans took ...

The light of our Ruhmkorff's coil, increased tenfold by the myriad of prismatic masses of rock, ...

myself sick unto death—dying. The last words spoken by my uncle seemed to be buzzing in my ears—all i ...

voyage of discovery? During the deep, still silence of the night had he at last heard that sweet murmur abo ...

CHAPTER 20 WATER, WHERE IS IT? A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT During a long, long, weary hour, there crossed my w ...

An hour later we had advanced a thousand yards, and descended two thousand feet. At this moment I heard ...

I could bear the suspense and suffering no longer, and seated myself against the wall, behind which I coul ...

with pickax and crowbar, the rock would soon have split into a hundred fragments. The guide, ...

"It's very good," I replied. "I should think so. Water found six miles under ground. There is a peculia ...

"When our water bottles are empty, we are not at all sure that we shall be able to fill them," observed ...

CHAPTER 21 UNDER THE OCEAN By the next day we had nearly forgotten our past sufferings. The ...

But we had no choice; and as long as our road led towards the centre— however little progress we made, there ...