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he would conduct them back, and give them all they wanted. 

 He called them all by their names, and hoped those that did 

 not answer, had ascended to the light of day. He often men- 

 tioned Anthony Hallet, who, in seizing the chain of the bell that 

 hung at the top of the pit, gave the first alarm ; but this man 

 being taller than the rest, and hoping to have time to ascend, 

 gave place to others, who, on account of their stature, might be 

 drowned sooner than himself, and thus fell a victim to his ge- 

 nerosity. Five days and nights of misery had now gone by, 

 but having no idea of time, they supposed it to be Monday, 

 when it was Wednesday, so true it is, that even when affliction 

 is of long continuance, the moments seem to glide rapidly by, 

 because the mind is altogether taken up with its calamities. 

 (Here ends Goffin's Narrative.) 



A passage was now made 51 yards long, in a seam 35.43390 

 inches thick, by which we reached the desired spot in the pre- 

 cise direction of the 28th point of the compass. The men in 

 the interior had wrought 12 yards in the 5th board, and nearly 

 8 yards in the 7th, making a total of about 71 yards. All ar- 

 rangements were made for receiving them. They heard us dis- 

 tinctly, and each endeavoured to press before his comrade. It 

 was the 4th March, and 12 o'clock. But because too much 

 eagerness might cause an explosion, the last operations were 

 performed in the dark. As soon as the barrier was finally pe- 

 netrated, the air, in regaining its equilibrium, produced a sort 

 of report like thunder, which, though foreseen, alarmed the men, 

 and put a part of them to flight. Order being established, the 

 unfortunate men crawled through the drift, which circumstance 

 was announced at the surface to a great number of distinguished 

 personages assembled in the inside of the buildings. Some re- 

 pose was, however, necessary to accustom men just rescued from 

 the grave to the air and light. Every thing, by the kindness 

 of Mrs Hardy, had been in preparation for two hours. M. 

 Mathieu and Dr Asiaux were now informed of the proceed- 

 ings. Each of the men was wrapped in a blanket, and received 

 in the pit a basin of broth and a little wine. They were then 

 placed successively in the corf, and accompanied to day by four 

 miners, one at each comer. We reckoned them over several 



