Chapter
1 I | was left but long wooden ladders, down the Yarrow shaft—the
2 III | the Yarrow shaft, whence ladders still gave access to the
3 III | wooden slides, oscillating ladders, called “man-engines,” which,
4 III | only a long succession of ladders, separated at every fifty
5 III | landings. Thirty of these ladders placed thus end to end led
6 III | light his companion. A dozen ladders were descended by the engineer
7 IX | descend the long flight of ladders, which led down the gloomy
8 IX | the removal of the lower ladders of the Yarrow shaft had
9 IX | rapidly ascended the upper ladders and returned to the light
10 IX | lamps, picks, long rope ladders, not forgetting provisions
11 IX | ascertained that the four last ladders were wanting.~As soon as
12 IX | first down the swinging ladders, and fastened them for the
13 IX | exclaim, “Here are bits of the ladders, and some of them half burnt!”~“
14 IX | any reason for burning the ladders, and thus breaking of communication
15 XI | after the breaking of the ladders.”~“Well, but anyhow he has
16 XI | interrupted by the breaking of the ladders in the Yarrow shaft. We
17 XIII| by means of one of those ladders which, continually revolving
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