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Chapter 24

           Thisappearancewasaccompaniedbyalowgrowlingsound,asofdistantthunder,andatthesametimetheskyaboveusbecameblack,whileahot,stiflingwindblewaroundusinfitfulgusts.

           Thecrewassembledhastilyondeck,andmostofthemwereunderthebeliefthatafrightfulhurricanewaspending;butthecaptain,comingondeck,soonexplainedthephenomena.

           "It’sonlyavolcano,"saidhe."Iknewtherewasonehereabouts,butthoughtitwasextinct.Up,there,andfurltopgallantsails!We’lllikelyhaveabreeze,andit’swelltobeready."

           Ashespoke,ashowerbegantofall,which,wequicklyobserved,wasnotrain,butfineashes.Asweweremanymilesdistantfromthevolcano,thesemusthavebeencarriedtousfromitbythewind.Asthecaptainhadpredicted,astiffbreezesoonafterwardssprangup,undertheinfluenceofwhichwespeedilyleftthevolcanofarbehindus;butduringthegreaterpartofthenightwecouldseeitsluridglareandhearitsdistantthunder.Theshowerdidnotceasetofallforseveralhours,andwemusthavesailedunderitfornearlyfortymilesperhapsfarther.Whenweemergedfromthecloud,ourdecksandeverypartoftheriggingwerecompletelycoveredwithathickcoatofashes.

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