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passed。      And   every   time   I   jumped   a   ship   collapsed   behind   me。     As   I 

staggered with my spring into the last and outermost boat the ledge was 

still six feet away�察�half hidden in a smother of foam�察�and the rim of   the 

great fall just under it。      Then I drew all my sailor agility together and just 

as the little vessel was going bow up over the edge I leapt from hercame 

down   blinded   with   spray   on   the   ledge�察  �rolled   over   and   over�察  �clutched 

frantically at the frozen soil�察�and was safe for the moment�察�but only a few 

inches from the vortex below� �

     As   soon   as   I   picked   myself   up   and   got   breath�察  �I   walked   shorewards 

and found�察�with great satisfaction�察�that the ledge joined the shelving beach�察�

and so walked on in the blue obscurity of the cliff shadow back from the 

falls in the bare hope that the beach might lead by some way into the gully 

through which we had come and open country beyond。 But after a couple 

of   hundred   yards   this   hope   ended   as   abruptly   as   the   spit   itself   in   deep 

water�察�and there I was�察�as far as the darkness would allow me to ascertain�察�

as utterly trapped as any mortal could be。 



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     I   will   not   dwell   on   the   next   few    minutes�察    �for  no   one    likes  to 

acknowledge that he has been unmanned even for a space。                        When those 

minutes were over calmness and con´ sideration returned�察�and I was able 

to look about。 

     All the opposite cliffs�察�rising sheer from the water�察�were in light�察�their 

cold    blue    and   white    surfaces    rising   far  up   into   the   black   starfields 

overhead。       Looking       at  them    intently    from   this   vantage´point      I  saw 

without at first understanding that along them horizontally�察�tier above tier�察�

were rows of objects�察�likelikewhy�察�good Heavens�察�they were like men 

and women in all sorts of strange postures and positions� �Rubbing my eyes 

and   looking   again   I   perceived   with   a   start   and   a   strange   creepy   feeling 

down   my   back   that   they   WERE   men   and   women��hundreds   of   them�察�

thousands�察 �all   in   rows   as   cormorants   stand   upon   sea´side   cliffs�察  �myriads 

and myriads now I looked about�察�in every conceivable pose and attitude 

but never a sound�察�never a movement amongst the vast concourse。 

     Then I turned back to the cliffs behind me。                Yes� �they ere there too�察�

dimmer       by   reason    of   the  shadows�察     �but   there   for   certain�察  �from    the 

snowfields far above down�察�downgood Heavens� �to the very level where 

I stood。     There was one of them not ten yards away half in and half out of 

the ice wall�察�and setting my teeth I walked over and examined him。                      And 

there was another further in behind as I peered into the clear blue depth�察�

another behind that one�察�another behind himjust like cherries in a jelly。 

     It   was startling   and   almost   incredible�察 �yet   so   many  wonderful things 

had happened of late that wonders were losing their sharpness�察�and I was 

soon   examining   the   cliff   almost   as   coolly   as   though   it   were   only   some 

trivial   geo´    logical   ;section�察─   �some    new    kind   of  petrified    sea´urchins 

which   had   caught   my   attention   and   not   a   whole   nation   in   ice�察  �a   huge 

amphitheatre of fossilised humanity which stared down on me。 

     The   matter   was   simple   enough   when   you   came   to   look   at   it   with 

philosophy。       The     Martians    had    sent  their   dead    down    here    for  many 

thousand years and as they came they were frozen in�察�the bands and zones 

in   which     they   sat  indicating    perhaps    alternating    seasons。     Then     after 

Nature   had   been   storing   them   like   that   for   long   ages   some   up´   heaval 

happened�察�and this cleft and lake opened through the heart of the preserve。 



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Probably the river once ran far up there where the starlight was crowning 

the blue cliffs with a silver diadem of light�察�only when this hollow opened 

did    it  slowly    deepen    a   lower    course�察  �spreading     out   in  a   lake�察 �and 

eventually tumbling down those icy steps lose itself in the dark roots of 

the    hills。   It  was    very   simple�察   �no   doubt�察   �but   incredibly    weird    and 

wonderful       to  me   who     stood�察  �the   sole   living   thing   in  that   immense 

concourse of dead humanity。 

     Look   where   I   would   it   was   the   same   everywhere。        Those   endless 

rows of frozen bodies lying�察�sitting�察�or standing stared at me from every 

niche and cornice。        It almost seemed�察�as the light veered slowly round�察�as 

though   they   smiled   and   frowned   at   times�察  �but   never   a   word   was   there 

amongst   those   millions�察  �the   silence itself   was   audible�察  �and   save the   dull 

low   thunder   of   the   fall�察  �so   monotonous   the   ear   be´   came   accustomed   to 

and soon disregarded it�察�there was not a sound anywhere�察�not a rustle�察�not 

a whisper broke the eternal calm of that great caravansary of the dead。 

     The very rattle of the shingle under my feet and the jingle of my navy 

scabbard      seemed     offensive    in  the   perfect   hush�察  �and�察  �too   awed    to  be 

frightened�察�I presently turned away from the dreadful shine of those cliffs 

and felt my way along the base of the wall on my own side。                      There was 

no means of escape that way�察�and presently the shingle beach itself gave 

out as stated�察�where the cliff wall rose straight from the surface of the lake�察�

so I turned back�察�and finding a grotto in the ice determined to make myself 

as comfortable as might be until daylight came。 



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                              CHAPTER XII 



     Fortunately   there   was   a   good   deal   of   broken   timber   thrown   up   at 

;high´water; mark�察�and with a stack of this at the mouth of the little cave a 

pleasant fire was soon made by help of a flint pebble and the steel back of 

my sword。       It was a hearty blaze and lit up all the near cliffs with a ruddy 

jumping   glow   which   gave   their   occu´   pants   a   marvellous   appearance   of 

life。   The heat also brought off the dull rime upon the side of my recess�察�

leaving it clear as polished glass�察�and I was a little startled to see�察�only an 

inch or so back in the ice and standing as erect as ever he had been in life�察�

the figure of an imposing grey clad man。         
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