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Shot Out of a Volcano at Last!

           Imadenodoubtbutthatitwouldbeinsomenorthernregion.Beforeitsdisorderssetin,theneedlehadneverdeviatedfromthatdirection.FromCapeSaknussemmwehadbeencarriedduenorthforhundredsofleagues.WereweunderIcelandagain?WerewedestinedtobethrownupoutofHecla,orbywhichofthesevenotherfierycratersinthatisland?WithinaradiusoffivehundredleaguestothewestIrememberedunderthisparalleloflatitudeonlytheimperfectlyknownvolcanoesofthenorth-eastcoastofAmerica.Totheeasttherewasonlyoneinthe80thdegreeofnorthlatitude,theEskinJanMayenIsland,notfarfromSpitzbergen!Certainlytherewasnolackofcraters,andthereweresomecapaciousenoughtothrowoutawholearmy!ButIwantedtoknowwhichofthemwastoserveusforanexitfromtheinnerworld.

           Towardsmorningtheascendingmovementbecameaccelerated.Iftheheatincreased,insteadofdiminishing,asweapproachednearertothesurfaceoftheglobe,thiseffectwasduetolocalcausesalone,andthosevolcanic.Themannerofourlocomotionleftnodoubtinmymind.Anenormousforce,aforceofhundredsofatmospheres,generatedbytheextremepressureofconfinedvapours,wasdrivingusirresistiblyforward.Buttowhatnumberlessdangersitexposedus!

           Soonluridlightsbegantopenetratetheverticalgallerywhichwidenedaswewentup.RightandleftIcouldseedeepchannels,likehugetunnels,outofwhichescapeddensevolumesofsmoke;tonguesoffirelappedthewalls,whichcrackledandsputteredundertheintenseheat.

           "See,see,myuncle!"Icried.

           "Well,thoseareonlysulphureousflamesandvapours,whichonemustexpecttoseeinaneruption.Theyarequitenatural."

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