text_original: Excitement keyed us high; we reached the shade, plunged into it, and presently came out staring at the bastioned corners of a fort which rose from the centre of a clearing. It had once defended the place, but now stood abandoned and dismantled. Beyond it, at the edge of the bluff, we halted, astonished. The sun was falling in the west, and below us was the goal for the sight of which we had suffered so much.
text_transcription: EXCITEMENT KEYED US HIGH WE REACHED THE SHADE PLUNGED INTO IT AND PRESENTLY CAME OUT STARING AT THE BASTIONED CORNERS OF A FORT WHICH ROSE FROM THE CENTRE OF THE CLEARING IT HAD ONCE DEFENDED THE PLACE BUT NOW STOOD ABANDONED AND DISMANTLED BEYOND IT AT THE EDGE OF THE BLUFF WE HALTED ASTONISHED THE SUN WAS FALLING IN THE WEST AND BELOW US WAS THE GOAL FOR THE SIGHT OF WHICH WE HAD SUFFERED SO MUCH
phonemes: ɛksˈaɪtmənt kˈiːd ˌʌs hˈaɪ; wiː ɹˈiːtʃt ðə ʃˈeɪd, plˈʌndʒd ˌɪntʊ ɪt, ænd pɹˈɛzəntli kˈeɪm ˈaʊt stˈɛɹɪŋ æt ðə bˈæstiənd kˈɔːɹnɚz əvə fˈɔːɹt wˌɪtʃ ɹˈoʊz fɹʌmðə sˈɛntɚɹ əvə klˈɪɹɪŋ. ɪt hæd wˈʌns dᵻfˈɛndᵻd ðə plˈeɪs, bˌʌt nˈaʊ stˈʊd ɐbˈændənd ænd dɪsmˈæntəld. bᵻjˈɔnd ɪt, æt ðɪ ˈɛdʒ ʌvðə blˈʌf, wiː hˈɔltᵻd, ɐstˈɑːnɪʃt. ðə sˈʌn wʌz fˈɔːlɪŋ ɪnðə wˈɛst, ænd bᵻlˌoʊ ˌʌs wʌzðə ɡˈoʊl fɚðə sˈaɪt ʌvwˈɪtʃ wiː hæd sˈʌfɚd sˈoʊ mˌʌtʃ.