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Between Fire and Water

           Theywereallsilent,troubled,andterrified,astheywatchedbranchafterbranchshrivel,andcrack,andwritheintheflamelikelivingserpents,andthendropintotheswollentorrent,stillredandgleaming,asitwasborneswiftlyalongontherapidcurrent.Theflamessometimesrosetoaprodigiousheight,andseemedalmostlostintheatmosphere,andsometimes,beatendownbythehurricane,closelyenvelopedtheOMBUlikearobeofNessus.Terrorseizedtheentiregroup.Theywerealmostsuffocatedwithsmoke,andscorchedwiththeunbearableheat,fortheconflagrationhadalreadyreachedthelowerbranchesontheirsideoftheOMBU.Toextinguishitorcheckitsprogresswasimpossible;andtheysawthemselvesirrevocablycondemnedtoatorturingdeath,likethevictimsofHindoodivinities.

           Atlast,theirsituationwasabsolutelyintolerable.Ofthetwodeathsstaringthemintheface,theyhadbetterchoosethelesscruel.

           "Tothewater!"exclaimedGlenarvan.

           Wilson,whowasnearesttheflames,hadalreadyplungedintothelake,butnextminutehescreamedoutinthemostviolentterror:

           "Help!Help!"

           Austinrushedtowardhim,andwiththeassistanceoftheMajor,draggedhimupagainonthetree.

           "What’sthematter?"theyasked.

           "Alligators!alligators!"repliedWilson.

           ThewholefootofthetreeappearedtobesurroundedbytheseformidableanimalsoftheSaurianorder.Bytheglareoftheflames,theywereimmediatelyrecognizedbyPaganel,astheferociousspeciespeculiartoAmerica,calledCAIMANSintheSpanishterritories.

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