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*“ journey, he told me that I had been unfortunate in not find- 
‘ing the most spacious passages of the temple; that there 
some in which one could penetrate three or four 
‘‘ enough in finding one of this description. I laid in a good 
“ supply of candles and brandy, and I took with me three men 
‘‘ who were quite resolved to see the adventure through, under 
‘* the influence of a Calaat each; the latter is a suit of clothes 
‘“‘ reaching from the head to the foot of the wearer, and is the 
of a league. We placed lighted candles at every fifty paces, 
‘‘ and at the end of three hundred paces I left a man to await 
three hundred paces further, the heart of my attendant 
‘failed him; he cried out that he was stifling and that he 
. coul re. I entreated him, I made him promises, 
and finally succeeded in inducing him to advance a few paces 
“more; but at last allowed himself to sink down, and 
advantage; finally I came to myself and realised that no 
e qenerety that I could make would be worth the risk to my 
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- happen to our candles, which did not burn well in such a 
close space. I therefore retraced by steps, without having 
