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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

Chapter 3 THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR

Word Count: 2007    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

sor, bending his brows; "but there is a se

ture finished

ng out his fist towards the

ated in

ponds with each of these Icelandic characters. We will see what that

very letter was given me one after the ot

samn atrateS saodrrn emtnaeI nvaect rrilSa Atsaar .n

er it. It is my supposition that this is the translator's way of writing 'mm' and I

tore the paper from me and exami

mean?" he kept rep

ghtened him. Besides he did not ask

osely thrown in confusion, which if properly arranged would reveal their sense. Only

e was nothing at all, in it; though,

ok and the parchment, and dili

I see in a moment. The first letter is a double m, a letter which is not to be found in Turlleson's book, and which was only a

is was a strictly

ssessor of this book wrote these mysterious letters. But who was t

stain which looked like an ink blot. But in looking at it very closely he thought he could distinguish some half-effaced letters. My uncle at once fastened upon this as the

at is the name of another Icelander, a savant o

cle with satisfa

y savants of their time. They made discoveries at which we are astonished. Has not this Sa

gination took fire

t what interest would he have in thu

urn? We shall see. I will get at the secret of this document,

his was a half-

ther, Axel,

lf; "then it is lucky I hav

out the key to this cipher;

raised my head; but my un

nty-seven consonants and fifty-five vowels. This is the proportion found in southern languages,

y fair conclus

t langua

of learning, but I met ins

was currently adopted by the choice spirits of the sixteenth century; I mean Latin. If I am mistaken, I can but try Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, or

n revolt against the notion that these barbarous

it is Latin confused and in disorder; "pe

bring order out of that confusion, m

vowels predominate, as for instance the fifth, uneeief, or the last but one, oseibo. Now this arrangement has evidently not been premeditated; it has arisen mathematically in obedience to the unknown law which has ruled in the succession of these letters. It

pretty Virlandaise and the professor's nephew loved each other with a patience and a calmness entirely German. We had become engaged unknown to my uncle, who was too much taken up with geology to be able to enter into such feelings as ours. Gr?uben was a lovely blue-eyed blonde, rather given to g

labelled them together. Mademoiselle Gr?uben was an accomplished mineralogist; she could have taught a few things to a savant. She was fond of investigating

h forms such an improvement to the landscape at the head of the lake. On the road we chatted hand in hand; I told her amusing tales at which she laughed heartily. Then

my uncle with a vehement thump on the tab

o any one's head to confuse the letters of a sentence woul

ed!"

ou like, only instead of arranging the letters in the usual way, one after the other, place them

immediately produced the

r b o u , n G e v

out reading them, "now set down

and with t

rb ou,nGe v

ike an ancient document: the vowels and the consonants are grouped together in equal disorder; th

these remarks

ave just written, and with which I am wholly unacquainted, I shall only have to

reat astonishment, and

ell, my own d

cried the

ike an awkward and unlucky lover, I had compromi

Gr?uben?" he said, with the

o!" I s

dreamily. "Well, let us apply the process I

t words. I merely say imprudent, for the great mind of so learned a man of course had no pl

a quivering in his fingers as he grasped the old parchment. He was deeply moved. At last he gave a preliminary cough, an

ette,rotaisadva,ednecsedsadne lacartniiilvIsir

e at a time, had carried no sense to my mind; I therefore waited for the Professor

t thump made the furniture rattle, and spilt som

ied my uncle, "ther

g down stairs like an avalanche, he

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1 Chapter 1 THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY2 Chapter 2 A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED AT ANY PRICE3 Chapter 3 THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR4 Chapter 4 THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION5 Chapter 5 FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY6 Chapter 6 EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN UNPARALLELED ENTERPRISE7 Chapter 7 A WOMAN'S COURAGE8 Chapter 8 SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR VERTICAL DESCENT9 Chapter 9 ICELAND! BUT WHAT NEXT 10 Chapter 10 INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS11 Chapter 11 A GUIDE FOUND TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH12 Chapter 12 A BARREN LAND13 Chapter 13 HOSPITALITY UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE14 Chapter 14 BUT ARCTICS CAN BE INHOSPITABLE, TOO15 Chapter 15 SN FELL AT LAST16 Chapter 16 BOLDLY DOWN THE CRATER17 Chapter 17 VERTICAL DESCENT18 Chapter 18 THE WONDERS OF TERRESTRIAL DEPTHS19 Chapter 19 GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SITU20 Chapter 20 THE FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS21 Chapter 21 COMPASSION FUSES THE PROFESSOR'S HEART22 Chapter 22 TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER23 Chapter 23 WATER DISCOVERED24 Chapter 24 WELL SAID, OLD MOLE! CANST THOU WORK I' THE GROUND SO FAST 25 Chapter 25 DE PROFUNDIS26 Chapter 26 THE WORST PERIL OF ALL27 Chapter 27 LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH28 Chapter 28 THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY29 Chapter 29 THALATTA! THALATTA!30 Chapter 30 A NEW MARE INTERNUM31 Chapter 31 PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY32 Chapter 32 WONDERS OF THE DEEP33 Chapter 33 A BATTLE OF MONSTERS34 Chapter 34 THE GREAT GEYSER35 Chapter 35 AN ELECTRIC STORM36 Chapter 36 CALM PHILOSOPHIC DISCUSSIONS37 Chapter 37 THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY38 Chapter 38 THE PROFESSOR IN HIS CHAIR AGAIN39 Chapter 39 FOREST SCENERY ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY40 Chapter 40 PREPARATIONS FOR BLASTING A PASSAGE TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH41 Chapter 41 THE GREAT EXPLOSION AND THE RUSH DOWN BELOW42 Chapter 42 HEADLONG SPEED UPWARD THROUGH THE HORRORS OF DARKNESS43 Chapter 43 SHOT OUT OF A VOLCANO AT LAST!44 Chapter 44 SUNNY LANDS IN THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN45 Chapter 45 ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL