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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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The
city
of
the
frog-men!
Their
boats
were
rising
up
over
it
and
Norman
and
Hackett
saw
it
clear.
Square
mile
upon
square
mile
of
structures
stretched
beneath
the
dome,
black
buildings
often
of
immense
size,
varying
in
shape,
but
all
of
square,
rectangular
proportions.
Between
them
moved
countless
frog-hordes,
swirling
throngs
in
streets
and
squares,
and
over
the
roofs
darted
thick
swarms
of
flying-boats.
And
at
the
city's
center,
in
a
great,
circular,
clear
space,
lay
a
wide,
round,
green
pool--the
opening
of
the
water-tunnel
up
through
which
they
had
come.
Norman
pointed
down
toward
it.
"That's
your
answer!"
he
cried.
"The
only
entrance
to
this
frog-city
is
from
the
sea,
up
through
that
water-tunnel!"
"Good
God,
an
amphibian
city!"
Hackett
was
shaken,
white-faced.
The
two
boats
were
driving
quickly
over
the
city,
through
the
swarming
craft.
Norman
glimpsed
towering
buildings
that
might
have
been
palaces,
temples,
laboratories.
They
slowed
and
dipped
toward
one
block-like
building
not
far
from
the
water-tunnel's
opening.
Armed
frog-guards
were
on
its
roof,
and
other
boats
rested
there.
The
two
came
to
rest
and
the
two
captives
were
jerked
out,
the
guards
seizing
them.
Half-dragged
and
half-floating
they
were
led
toward
an
opening
in
the
roof
from
which
a
stair
led
downward.
They
passed
down
thus
into
the
building's
interior,
lit
by
many
windows.
Norman
glimpsed
long
halls
ending
in
barred
doors,
guards
here
and
there.
Tube-lines
ran
along
the
walls
and
somewhere
machines
were
throbbing
dully.
They
came
at
last
to
a
barred
door
whose
guard
opened
it
at
the
croaking
order
of
the
frog-men
who
held
the
two,
and
they
were
thrust
inside,
as
the
door
clanged.
They
turned,
and
exclaimed
in
amazement.
The
room
held
fully
a
half-hundred
men!
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