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Wysłany: Sob 9:14, 05 Mar 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaaiefh |
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t around the turn of the harbourwe took our boat and made straight for
Nan-Tauach. Soon its mighty sea-wall towered above us. We passed through the water-gate with its gigantic
hewn prisms of basalt and landed beside a half-submerged pier. In front of us stretched a series of giant steps
leading into a vast court strewn with fragments of fallen pillars. In the centre of the courtbeyond the
shattered pillarsrose another terrace of basalt blocksconcealingI knewstill another enclosure.
And nowWalterfor the better understanding of what follows--and--and--
he hesitated. "Should you decide
later to return with me orif I am takento--to--follow us--listen carefully to my description of this place:
Nan-Tauach is literally three rectangles. The first rectangle is the sea-wallbuilt up of monoliths--hewn and
squaredtwenty feet wide at the top. To get to the gateway in the sea-wall you pass along the canal marked on
the map bet [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n Nan-Tauach and the islet named Tau. The entrance to the canal is bidden by dense thickets
of mangroves; once through these the way is clear. The steps lead up from the landing of the sea-gate through
the entrance to the courtyard.
This courtyard is surrounded by another basalt wallrectangularfollowing with math[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]tical eyilai:
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