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What Had Happened in Surrey

           Nowatthetimewecouldnotunderstandthesethings,butlaterIwastolearnthemeaningoftheseominouskopjesthatgatheredinthetwilight. EachoftheMartians,standinginthegreatcrescentIhavedescribed,haddischarged,bymeansofthegunliketubehecarried,ahugecanisteroverwhateverhill,copse,clusterofhouses,orotherpossiblecoverforguns,chancedtobeinfrontofhim. Somefiredonlyoneofthese,sometwoasinthecaseoftheonewehadseen; theoneatRipleyissaidtohavedischargednofewerthanfiveatthattime. Thesecanisterssmashedonstrikingthegroundtheydidnotexplodeandincontinentlydisengagedanenormousvolumeofheavy,inkyvapour,coilingandpouringupwardinahugeandebonycumuluscloud,agaseoushillthatsankandspreaditselfslowlyoverthesurroundingcountry. Andthetouchofthatvapour,theinhalingofitspungentwisps,wasdeathtoallthatbreathes. 

           Itwasheavy,thisvapour,heavierthanthedensestsmoke, sothat,afterthefirsttumultuousuprushandoutflowofitsimpact,itsankdownthroughtheairandpouredoverthegroundinamannerratherliquidthangaseous,abandoningthehills,andstreamingintothevalleysandditchesandwatercoursesevenasIhaveheardthecarbonic-acidgasthatpoursfromvolcaniccleftsiswonttodo. Andwhereitcameuponwatersomechemicalactionoccurred,andthesurfacewouldbeinstantlycoveredwithapowderyscumthatsankslowlyandmadewayformore. Thescumwasabsolutelyinsoluble,anditisastrangething,seeingtheinstanteffectofthegas,thatonecoulddrinkwithouthurtthewaterfromwhichithadbeenstrained. Thevapourdidnotdiffuseasatruegaswoulddo. Ithungtogetherinbanks,flowingsluggishlydowntheslopeofthelandanddrivingreluctantlybeforethewind,andveryslowlyitcombinedwiththemistandmoistureoftheair,andsanktotheearthintheformofdust. 

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