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Shot Out of a Volcano at Last!

           "Butsupposetheyshouldwrapusround."

           "Buttheywon’twrapusround."

           "Butweshallbestifled."

           "Weshall,notbestifledatall.Thegalleryiswidening,andifitbecomesnecessary,weshallabandontheraft,andcreepintoacrevice."

           "Butthewatertherisingwater?"

           "Thereisnomorewater,Axel;onlyalavapaste,whichisbearingusuponitssurfacetothetopofthecrater."

           Theliquidcolumnhadindeeddisappeared,togiveplacetodenseandstillboilingeruptivematterofallkinds.Thetemperaturewasbecomingunbearable.Athermometerexposedtothisatmospherewouldhavemarked150°.Theperspirationstreamedfrommybody.Butfortherapidityofourascentweshouldhavebeensuffocated.

           ButtheProfessorgaveuphisideaofabandoningtheraft,anditwaswellhedid.Howeverroughlyjoinedtogether,thoseplanksaffordedusafirmersupportthanwecouldhavefoundanywhereelse.

           Abouteightinthemorninganewincidentoccurred.Theupwardmovementceased.Theraftlaymotionless.

           "Whatisthis?"Iasked,shakenbythissuddenstoppageasifbyashock.

           "Itisahalt,"repliedmyuncle.

           "Istheeruptionchecked?"Iasked.

           "Ihopenot."

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