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Shot Out of a Volcano at Last!

           "What!"Ishouted."Arewebeingtakenupinaneruption?Ourfatehasflungushereamongburninglavas,moltenrocks,boilingwaters,andallkindsofvolcanicmatter;wearegoingtobepitchedout,expelled,tossedup,vomited,spitouthighintotheair,alongwithfragmentsofrock,showersofashesandscoria,inthemidstofatoweringrushofsmokeandflames;anditisthebestthingthatcouldhappentous!"

           "Yes,"repliedtheProfessor,eyeingmeoverhisspectacles,"Idon’tseeanyotherwayofreachingthesurfaceoftheearth."

           Ipassrapidlyoverthethousandideaswhichpassedthroughmymind.Myunclewasright,undoubtedlyright;andneverhadheseemedtomemoredaringandmoreconfirmedinhisnotionsthanatthismomentwhenhewascalmlycontemplatingthechancesofbeingshotoutofavolcano!

           Inthemeantimeupwewent;thenightpassedawayincontinualascent;thedinanduproararoundusbecamemoreandmoreintensified;Iwasstifledandstunned;Ithoughtmylasthourwasapproaching;andyetimaginationissuchastrongthingthateveninthissupremehourIwasoccupiedwithstrangeandalmostchildishspeculations.ButIwasthevictim,notthemaster,ofmyownthoughts.

           Itwasveryevidentthatwewerebeinghurriedupwarduponthecrestofawaveoferuption;beneathourraftwereboilingwaters,andunderthesethemoresluggishlavawasworkingitswayupinaheatedmass,togetherwithshoalsoffragmentsofrockwhich,whentheyarrivedatthecrater,wouldbedispersedinalldirectionshighandlow.Wewereimprisonedintheshaftorchimneyofsomevolcano.Therewasnoroomtodoubtofthat.

           Butthistime,insteadofSnæfell,anextinctvolcano,wewereinsideoneinfullactivity.Iwondered,therefore,wherecouldthismountainbe,andinwhatpartoftheworldweweretobeshotout.

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