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           Inthismannerwasformedapierwhichthreatenedtograduallyfillupthelake,whichcouldnotoverflow,thewaterdisplacedbythelavabeingevaporated.Thehissingofthewaterrenttheairwithadeafeningsound,andthevapor,blownbythewind,fellinrainuponthesea.Thepierbecamelongerandlonger,andtheblocksoflavapiledthemselvesoneonanother.Whereformerlystretchedthecalmwatersofthelakenowappearedanenormousmassofsmokingrocks,asifanupheavingofthesoilhadformedimmenseshoals.Imaginethewatersofthelakearousedbyahurricane,thensuddenlysolidifiedbyanintensefrost,andsomeconceptionmaybeformedoftheaspectofthelakethreehoursaltertheeruptionofthisirresistibletorrentoflava.

           Thistimewaterwouldbevanquishedbyfire.

           NeverthelessitwasafortunatecircumstanceforthecoloniststhattheeffusionoflavashouldhavebeeninthedirectionofLakeGrant.Theyhadbeforethemsomedays’respite.TheplateauofProspectHeights,GraniteHouse,andthedockyardwereforthemomentpreserved.Andthesefewdaysitwasnecessarytoemployinplankingandcarefullycalkingthevessel,andlaunchingher.Thecolonistswouldthentakerefugeonboardthevessel,contenttorigheraftersheshouldbeafloatonthewaters.Withthedangerofanexplosionwhichthreatenedtodestroytheislandtherecouldbenosecurityonshore.ThewallsofGraniteHouse,oncesosurearetreat,mightatanymomentfallinuponthem.

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