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An Electric Storm

           Butbeforeithasreachedustheraincloudpartsasunder,theseaboils,andtheelectricfiresarebroughtintoviolentactionbyamightychemicalpowerthatdescendsfromthehigherregions.Themostvividflashesoflightningaremingledwiththeviolentcrashofcontinuousthunder.Ceaselessfieryarrowsdartinandoutamongsttheflyingthunder-clouds;thevaporousmasssoonglowswithincandescentheat;hailstonesrattlefiercelydown,andastheydashuponourirontoolstheytooemitgleamsandflashesofluridlight.Theheavingwavesresemblefieryvolcanichills,eachbelchingforthitsowninteriorflames,andeverycrestisplumedwithdancingfire.Myeyesfailunderthedazzlinglight,myearsarestunnedwiththeincessantcrashofthunder.Imustbeboundtothemast,whichbowslikeareedbeforethemightystrengthofthestorm.

           (Heremynotesbecomevagueandindistinct.IhaveonlybeenabletofindafewwhichIseemtohavejotteddownalmostunconsciously.Buttheirverybrevityandtheirobscurityrevealtheintensityoftheexcitementwhichdominatedme,anddescribetheactualpositionevenbetterthanmymemorycoulddo.)

           Sunday,23.Wherearewe?Drivenforwardwithaswiftnessthatcannotbemeasured.

           Thenightwasfearful;noabatementofthestorm.Thedinanduproarareincessant;ourearsarebleeding;toexchangeawordisimpossible.

           Thelightningflasheswithintensebrilliancy,andneverseemstoceaseforamoment.Zigzagstreamsofbluishwhitefiredashdownupontheseaandrebound,andthentakeanupwardflighttilltheystrikethegranitevaultthatoverarchesourheads.Supposethatsolidroofshouldcrumbledownuponourheads!

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