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I found that the stairs were as long as I had remembered, taking us a great while to ascend to the top of the tree, and when we had made it, we, especially myself, were dazzled by the effulgent light of midday. I FOUND THAT THE STAIRS WERE AS LONG AS I HAD REMEMBERED TAKING US A GREAT WHILE TO ASCEND TO THE TOP OF THE TREE AND WHEN WE HAD MADE IT WE ESPECIALLY MYSELF WERE DAZZLED BY THE EFFLIGENT LIGHT OF MIDDAY
asts, and, as a precaution, the remote had an automatic five second delay between being pressed and exploding the bombs, though it was more for form than practicality. After he finished we set off, being arranged two abreast per row, there being ten rows. Bernibus and myself were partners, for we had become close friends in the few days that I had spent among the Canitaurs, while Wagner was once again the leading guide and Taurus the rearguard. After crossing the chasm that separated the hall and the entrance tunnel, we came to the long defile that formed the latter and passed through it swiftly, the lofty archer guards remaining as stern and immovable as when I had first come through. We then came to the winding stairs that occupied the hollowed innards of a massive and ancient tree, of which kind many were to be found in Daem, being at least fifty feet thick and 700 feet high, such gigantic trees that were never seen elsewhere, yet constituted the whole forests of the northern lands. FROM THE BLASTS AND AS A PRECAUTION THE REMOTE HAD AN AUTOMATIC FIVE SECOND DELAY BETWEEN BEING PRESSED AND EXPLODING THE BOMBS THOUGH IT WAS MORE FOR FORM THAN PRACTICALITY AFTER HE FINISHED WE SET OFF BEING ARRANGED TO ABREAST PER ROW THERE BEING TEN ROWS BURNABUS AND MYSELF WERE PARTNERS FOR WE HAD BECOME CLOSE FRIENDS IN THE FEW DAYS THAT I HAD SPENT AMONG THE CANOTERS WHILE WAGNER WAS ONCE AGAIN THE LEADING GUIDE AND TOURUS THE REAR GUARD AFTER CROSSING THE CHASM THAT SEPARATED THE HALL AND THE ENTRANCE TUNNEL WE CAME TO THE LONG DEFILE THAT FORMED THE LATTER AND PASSED THROUGH IT SWIFTLY THE LOFTY ARCHER GUARDS REMAINING AS STERN AND IMMOVABLE AS WHEN I HAD FIRST COME THROUGH WE THEN CAME TO THE WINDING STAIRS THAT OCCUPIED THE HOLLOWED INLANDS OF A MASSIVE AND ANCIENT TREE OF WHICH KIND MANY WERE TO BE FOUND IN DAUM BEING AT LEAST FIFTY FEET THICK AND SEVEN HUNDRED FEET HIGH SUCH GIGANTIC TREES THAT WERE NEVER SEEN ELSEWHERE YET CONSTITUTED THE WHOLE FOREST OF THE NORTHERN LANDS
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