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The Great Geyser

           "Thatiswhatweshallsee."SosaystheProfessor,who,havingnamedthisvolcanicisletafterhisnephew,givesthesignaltoembarkagain.

           ForsomeminutesIamstillcontemplatingthegeyser.Inoticethatitthrowsupitscolumnofwaterwithvariableforce:sometimessendingittoagreatheight,thenagaintoalower,whichIattributetothevariablepressureofthesteamaccumulatedinitsreservoir.

           Atlastweleavetheisland,roundingawaypastthelowrocksonitssouthernshore.Hanshastakenadvantageofthehalttorefithisrudder.

           ButbeforegoinganyfartherImakeafewobservations,tocalculatethedistancewehavegoneover,andnotetheminmyjournal.WehavecrossedtwohundredandseventyleaguesofseasinceleavingPortGräuben;andwearesixhundredandtwentyleaguesfromIceland,underEngland.

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