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The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below

           Itssurfaceseemedcomposedofasheafofarrowshurledwithinconceivableforce;Icannotconveymyimpressionsbyabettercomparison.Theraft,occasionallyseizedbyaneddy,spunroundasitstillflewalong.WhenitapproachedthewallsofthegalleryIthrewonthemthelightofthelantern,andIcouldjudgesomewhatofthevelocityofourspeedbynoticinghowthejaggedprojectionsoftherocksspunintoendlessribbonsandbands,sothatweseemedconfinedwithinanetworkofshiftinglines.Isupposedwewererunningattherateofthirtyleaguesanhour.

           MyuncleandIgazedoneachotherwithhaggardeyes,clingingtothestumpofthemast,whichhadsnappedasunderatthefirstshockofourgreatcatastrophe.Wekeptourbackstothewind,nottobestifledbytherapidityofamovementwhichnohumanpowercouldcheck.

           Hourspassedaway.Nochangeinoursituation;butadiscoverycametocomplicatemattersandmakethemworse.

           Inseekingtoputourcargointosomewhatbetterorder,Ifoundthatthegreaterpartofthearticlesembarkedhaddisappearedatthemomentoftheexplosion,whentheseabrokeinuponuswithsuchviolence.Iwantedtoknowexactlywhatwehadsaved,andwiththelanterninmyhandIbeganmyexamination.Ofourinstrumentsnoneweresavedbutthecompassandthechronometer;ourstockofropesandladderswasreducedtothebitofcordrolledroundthestumpofthemast!Notaspade,notapickaxe,notahammerwasleftus;and,irreparabledisaster!wehadonlyoneday’sprovisionsleft.

           Isearchedeverynookandcorner,everycrackandcrannyintheraft.Therewasnothing.Ourprovisionswerereducedtoonebitofsaltmeatandafewbiscuits.

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