Коралловый остров

Chapter 9

           WewereabouttocommencetheexplorationofthisvalleywhenPeterkinstoppedus,anddirectedourattentiontoaveryremarkableappearanceinadvancealongtheshore.

           "What’syon,thinkyou?"saidhe,levellinghisspearasifheexpectedanimmediateattackfromtheobjectinquestion,thoughitwasfullhalf-a-miledistant.

           Ashespoke,thereappearedawhitecolumnabovetherocks,asifofsteamorspray.Itroseupwardstoaheightofseveralfeet,andthendisappeared.Hadthisbeennearthesea,wewouldnothavebeensogreatlysurprised,asitmightinthatcasehavebeenthesurf,foratthispartofthecoastthecoralreefapproachedsoneartotheislandthatinsomepartsitalmostjoinedit.Therewas,therefore,nolagoonbetween,andtheheavysurfoftheoceanbeatalmostuptotherocks.Butthiswhitecolumnappearedaboutfiftyyardsinland.Therocksattheplacewererugged,andtheystretchedacrossthesandybeachintothesea.Scarcehadweceasedexpressingoursurpriseatthissightwhenanothercolumnflewupwardsforafewseconds,notfarfromthespotwherethefirsthadbeenseen,anddisappeared;andso,atlong,irregularintervals,thesestrangesightsrecurred.Wewerenowquitesurethatthecolumnswerewatery,orcomposedofspray;butwhatcausedthemwecouldnotguess,sowedeterminedtogoandsee.

           Inafewminuteswegainedthespot,whichwasveryruggedandprecipitous,and,moreover,quitedampwiththefallingofthespray.Wehadmuchadotopassoverdry-shod.Theground,also,wasfullofholeshereandthere.

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