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A Sudden Descent

           Helookedathiswatchandfoundthetimewasabouttwointhemorning.Ashehadnocertainty,however,ofanyimmediatedanger,hedidnotwakehiscompanions,whoweresleepingsoundlyaftertheirfatigue,andafteralittledozedoffhimself,andslumberedheavilyforsomehours.

           Allofasuddenaviolentcrashmadehimstarttohisfeet.Adeafeningnoisefellonhisearliketheroarofartillery.Hefeltthegroundgivingwaybeneathhim,andtheCASUCHArockedtoandfro,andopened.

           Heshoutedtohiscompanions,buttheywerealreadyawake,andtumblingpell-mellovereachother.Theywerebeingrapidlydraggeddownasteepdeclivity.Daydawnedandrevealedaterriblescene.Theformofthemountainschangedinaninstant.Coneswerecutoff.Totteringpeaksdisappearedasifsometraphadopenedattheirbase.OwingtoapeculiarphenomenonoftheCordilleras,anenormousmass,manymilesinextent,hadbeendisplacedentirely,andwasspeedingdowntowardtheplain.

           "Anearthquake!"exclaimedPaganel.Hewasnotmistaken.ItwasoneofthosecataclysmsfrequentinChili,andinthisveryregionwhereCopiapohadbeentwicedestroyed,andSantiagofourtimeslaidinruinsinfourteenyears.Thisregionoftheglobeissounderlaidwithvolcanicfiresandthevolcanoesofrecentoriginaresuchinsufficientsafetyvalvesforthesubterraneanvapors,thatshocksareoffrequentoccurrence,andarecalledbythepeopleTREMBLORES.

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