Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 198
nced the difficultiesincreased. The great-est obstacle seemed tocome from the internalheat of the earth; forin spite of what thedoctor had said, thetemperature rose withevery miles progress.But, like a prudentgeneral, he had takenhis precautions beforehand for any emergencyof the sort that might… … DR. GILES TOOK UP HIS POST WHERE HE COULD KEEP SHARP WATCH ON THE FLUCTUATIONSOF THE INSTRUMENTS. (SEE NEXT PAGE.) the loose material thrown up by the auger andemptied it into a second chain of bucketsfastened somewhat higher up in the tube; andthese emptied into a third chain, and so on un-til the…
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