He decides to look into the pit but is met with an oozing black bubbling darkness that slowly rises to the surface of the structure. finally reaching the top of the structure, a perfectly flat surface other than a pit directly in the center of the plateau. After what feels like days of climbing in rain and desert dry sun. So hedecides to gather some supplies before beginning the way up. It seems to have a semi carved stone stairway up to the top, which he can no longer see. After a while longer he reaches the foot of the strange structure which unlike the environment around it isn't covered in slime and the rotten carcass of fish. He remarks to himself on how the carving of a fishlike man was twice the size of a whale and dismisses it as some sort of ancient civilizations crude imaginings or language though the image lingers in his mind as he moves closer to the great platue. On the day after he sees a sort of monolith with strange hieroglyphics engraved into the sickly looking stone. (he had supplies in his raft) He describes his journey over to the plateau over the next few days as seeing the same thing no matter where he moved, before he decides to travel at night to save on energy that he expends. he decides to move from his raft and drag his boat with him as shelter from the harsh sun and a place to sleep that wasnt covered in the thick muck that covered the ground. After taking in his surroundings he sees what looks like a plateau in the distance, he thinks if he can get to the top he can get a better view of his surroundings and fiend a way off the new island. The smell is described as maddening and sickening. He drifts in the sea before falling asleep and waking on a freshly formed landmass covered in decaying sea life. In the story DAGON By HP Lovecraft we follow a sailor who is stranded at sea after escaping pirates that took over his ship.

Dagon by hp lovecraft