CHAPTER Twenty-Three.
The Magic Words Many interesting things were to be seen in the Room of Magic, including much that had been stolen from the Adepts when they were transformed to fishes, but they had to admit that Coo-ee-oh had a rare genius for mechanics, and had used her knowledge in inventing a lot of mechanical apparatus that ordinary witches, wizards and sorcerers could not understand.
They all carefully inspected this room, taking care to examine every article they came across.
"The island," said Glinda thoughtfully, "rests on a base of solid marble.

When it is submerged, as it is now, the base of the island is upon the bottom of the lake.

What puzzles me is how such a great weight can be lifted and suspended in the water, even by magic." "I now remember," returned Aujah, "that one of the arts we taught Coo-ee-oh was the way to expand steel, and I think that explains how the island is raised and lowered.

I noticed in the basement a big steel pillar that passed through the floor and extended upward to this palace.

Perhaps the end of it is concealed in this very room.