In 1835 a labourer was digging a field just outside the English seaside
town of Margate. His work was interrupted when he thrust his spade in to
the soil and it simply vanished in to the ground. The master of the
nearby Dane House School, James Newlove, was made aware of this strange
disappearance. He volunteered his young son, Joshua, for the task of
being lowered, candle in hand, in to the void via a length of rope.
Regardless of our modern sensibilities about the health and safety of
children, when Joshua was pulled back to the surface his wide-eyed tale
astonished everyone. He told of a
magical temple adorned in shells, hundreds, thousands... millions of them.
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