"Brian Lumley - Titus Crow 1 - The Burrowers Beneath" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lumley Brian)

attempted the removal of certain stones from Avebury, because of local
superstitions which caused the country folk to take part in heathen worship
and witchcraft around them! In fact some of the stones were destroyed - by
fire and douching - 'because of the devices upon them'. INCIDENT.
1320-25. Why was a big effort made to bury one of the great stones at Avebury?
An earth tremor caused the stone to slip, trapping a workman. No effort
appears to have been made to free him . . . ! The 'accident' happened at dusk
and two other men died of fright! Why? And why did other diggers flee the
scene? And what was the titanic Thing which one of them saw
wriggling away into the ground? Allegedly there was a smell. . . By their
SMELL shall ye know them . . . Was it a member of another nest of the timeless
ghouls? THE OBELISK.
Why was the so-called Stukeley Obelisk broken up? The pieces were buried in
the early 18th Century but in 1833 Henry Browne found burned sacrifices at the
site . . . and nearby, at Silbury Hill . . . My God! That devil-mound! There
are some things, even amid these horrors, which don't bear thinking of - and
while I've still got my sanity Silbury Hill had better remain one of them!
AMERICA: INNSMOUTH.
1928. What actually happened and why did the Federal Government drop
depth-charges off Devil Reef in the Atlantic coast just out of Innsmouth? Why
were half Innsmouth's citizens banished - and where to? What was the
connection with Polynesia and what also lies buried in the lands beneath the
sea? WIND WALKER.
(Death-Walker, Ithaqua, Wendigo, etc.) Yet another horror -though of a
different type! And such evidence! Alleged human sacrifices in Manitoba.
Unbelievable circumstances surrounding Norris Case! Spencer of Quebec
University literally affirmed the validity of the case ... and at...
But that is as far as the notes go, and when first I read them I was glad that
such was the case. It was quickly becoming all too apparent that my uncle was
far from well and still not quite right in his mind. Of course, there was
always the chance that he had written those notes before his seeming
improvement, in which case his plight was not necessarily as bad as it
appeared.
Having put the notes back exactly as I found them, I turned my attention to
the seismograph. The line on the graph was straight and true, and when I
dismantled the spool and checked the chart I saw that it had followed that
almost unnaturally unbroken smoothness fpr the last twelve days. As I have
said, that machine and my uncle's condition were directly related, and this
proof of the quietness of the Earth was undoubtedly the reason for his
comparative well-being of late. But here was yet another oddity: Frankly I was
astonished at my findings, for I was certain I had felt a tremor - indeed I
had heard a low rumble - and it seemed impossible that both Sir Amery and
myself should suffer the same, simultaneous sensory illusion.
I rewound the spool and then, as I turned to leave the room, I noticed that
which my uncle had missed. It was a small brass screw lying on the floor. Once
more I unwound the spool to find the countersunk hole which I had noticed
before but which had not made an impression of any importance upon my mind.
Now I guessed that it was meant to house that screw. I am nothing where
mechanics are concerned and could not tell what part that small component
played in the workings of the machine; nevertheless I replaced it and again