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Boldly Down the Crater

           IfeltintoxicatedwiththesublimepleasureofloftyelevationswithoutthinkingoftheprofoundabyssesintowhichIwasshortlytobeplunged.ButIwasbroughtbacktotherealitiesofthingsbythearrivalofHansandtheProfessor,whojoinedmeonthesummit.

           Myunclepointedouttomeinthefarwestalightsteamormist,asemblanceofland,whichboundedthedistanthorizonofwaters.

           "Greenland!"saidhe.

           "Greenland?"Icried.

           "Yes;weareonlythirty-fiveleaguesfromit;andduringthawsthewhitebears,bornebytheicefieldsfromthenorth,arecarriedevenintoIceland.Butnevermindthat.HereweareatthetopofSnæfellandherearetwopeaks,onenorthandonesouth.Hanswilltellusthenameofthatonwhichwearenowstanding."

           Thequestionbeingput,Hansreplied:

           "Scartaris."

           Myuncleshotatriumphantglanceatme.

           "Nowforthecrater!"hecried.

           ThecraterofSnæfellresembledaninvertedcone,theopeningofwhichmightbehalfaleagueindiameter.Itsdepthappearedtobeabouttwothousandfeet.Imaginetheaspectofsuchareservoir,brimfullandrunningoverwithliquidfireamidtherollingthunder.Thebottomofthefunnelwasabout250feetincircuit,sothatthegentleslopealloweditslowerbrimtobereachedwithoutmuchdifficulty.

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