Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think-’ (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) ‘-yes, that’s about the right distance-but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?’ (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.) ‘I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.
Would the fall never come to an end! ‘I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?’ she said aloud.
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