Коралловый остров

Chapter 33

           Raincutacrossthelandinsheets,andlightningplayedlikeforkedserpentsintheair,whilehighabovetheroarofthehissingtempestthethundercrashedandburstandrolledinawfulmajesty.

           Inthevillagethescenewasabsolutelyappalling.Roofswereblowncompletelyoffthehousesinmanycases,andinothersthehousesthemselveswerelevelledwiththeground.Inthemidstofthisthenativesweredartingtoandfroinsomeinstancessavingtheirgoods,butinmanyothersseekingtosavethemselvesfromthestormofdestructionthatwhirledaroundthem.Butterrificalthoughthetempestwasonland,itwasstillmoretremendousonthemightyocean.Billowssprang,asitwere,fromthegreatdeep,andwhiletheircrestswereabsolutelyscatteredintowhitemist,theyfelluponthebeachwithacrashthatseemedtoshakethesolidland.Buttheydidnotendthere.Eachsuccessivewaveswepthigherandhigheronthebeachuntiltheoceanlasheditsangrywatersamongthetreesandbushes,andatlength,inasheetofwhite,curdledfoam,sweptintothevillageandupsetandcarriedoff,ordashedintowreck,wholerowsofthenativedwellings!Itwasasublime,anawfulscene,calculated,insomedegreeatleast,toimpressthemindofbeholderswiththemightandmajestyofGod.

           Wefoundshelterinacavethatnightandallthenextday,duringwhichtimethestormragedinfury

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