My uncle put his Ruhmkorff's apparatus in action; the raft moored to the shore was left alone; the mouth of the tunnel was not twenty yards from us; and our party, with myself at the head, made for it without a moment's delay.
Mi tío puso en actividad su aparato de Ruhmkorlf; dejamos la balsa bien amarrada a la orilla, y nos dirigimos, marchando yo a la cabeza, a la boca de la galería que sólo distaba de allí veinte pasos.