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The tracks lead to the overgrown entrance of a mine tunnel. You peer into the gloomy passage to see that many of the beams and props that once supported the roof have now collapsed. Mounds of moss-covered earth litter the tunnel floor, and a rivulet of ore-stained water trickles a winding course around them.

The hoof prints end at the entrance but two sets of footprints continue into the mine.

If you wish to send your men in search of the missing horses, turn to 164.

If you wish to follow the footprints into the mine, turn to 288.

If you wish to call off the search, you can return along the hill track by turning to 6.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.