For those of you who may be interested in finding this underground
river, accessed through the "Pit of Paderoe" near Miers, as discussed
in Theo's story (
http://www.softcom.net/users/vtown/brooklyndaily.html ), you may find
this info useful:
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Maps of Miers area:
specific:
http://www.maporama.com/affiliates/popup/share/Map.asp?SESSIONID={AE2AAC3D-FADF-4C61-BD7C-FDE15837BA43}&ZoomSet=8

most general: http://www.france-pub.com/region/lot.html

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As you can see from the maps, Miers is located in south-central
France, in the Midi-Pyrenees region, in the northernmost department of
Lot.  Miers is in northern Lot, northeast of Rocamadour, on the east
side of the 140.

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