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Snæfell at Last

           Aftertheexhaustionofthebasalt,thevolcano,thepowerofwhichgrewbytheextinctionofthelessercraters,suppliedanegresstolava,ashes,andscoriae,ofwhichIcouldseelengthenedscreesstreamingdownthesidesofthemountainlikeflowinghair.

           SuchwasthesuccessionofphenomenawhichproducedIceland,allarisingfromtheactionofinternalfire;andtosupposethatthemasswithindidnotstillexistinastateofliquidincandescencewasabsurd;andnothingcouldsurpasstheabsurdityoffancyingthatitwaspossibletoreachtheearth’scentre.

           SoIfeltalittlecomfortedasweadvancedtotheassaultofSnæfell.

           Thewaywasgrowingmoreandmorearduous,theascentsteeperandsteeper;theloosefragmentsofrocktrembledbeneathus,andtheutmostcarewasneededtoavoiddangerousfalls.

           Hanswentonasquietlyasifhewereonlevelground;sometimeshedisappearedaltogetherbehindthehugeblocks,thenashrillwhistlewoulddirectusonourwaytohim.Sometimeshewouldhalt,pickupafewbitsofstone,buildthemupintoarecognisableform,andthusmadelandmarkstoguideusinourwayback.Averywiseprecautioninitself,but,asthingsturnedout,quiteuseless.

           Threehours’fatiguingmarchhadonlybroughtustothebaseofthemountain.ThereHansbiduscometoahalt,andahastybreakfastwasservedout.Myuncleswallowedtwomouthfulsatatimetogetonfaster.But,whetherhelikeditornot,thiswasarestaswellasabreakfasthourandhehadtowaittillitpleasedourguidetomoveon,whichcametopassinanhour.ThethreeIcelanders,justastaciturnastheircomradethehunted,neverspoke,andatetheirbreakfastsinsilence.

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