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But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too

           Afterafewmoments’silence,duringwhichIdarednotquestionhim,heresumed:

           "Iwasthinkingofthat.EversincewearrivedatStapiIhavebeenoccupiedwiththeimportantquestionyouhavejustopened,forwemustnotbeguiltyofimprudence."

           "No,indeed!"Irepliedwithforcibleemphasis.

           "ForsixhundredyearsSnæfellhasbeendumb;buthemayspeakagain.Now,eruptionsarealwaysprecededbycertainwell-knownphenomena.Ihavethereforeexaminedthenatives,Ihavestudiedexternalappearances,andIcanassureyou,Axel,thattherewillbenoeruption."

           AtthispositiveaffirmationIstoodamazedandspeechless.

           "Youdon’tdoubtmyword?"saidmyuncle."Well,followme."

           Iobeyedlikeanautomaton.Comingoutfromthepriest’shouse,theProfessortookastraightroad,which,throughanopeninginthebasalticwall,ledawayfromthesea.Weweresoonintheopencountry,ifonemaygivethatnametoavastextentofmoundsofvolcanicproducts.Thistractseemedcrushedunderarainofenormousejectedrocksoftrap,basalt,granite,andallkindsofigneousrocks.

           HereandthereIcouldseepuffsandjetsofsteamcurlingupintotheair,calledinIcelandic‘reykir,’issuingfromthermalsprings,andindicatingbytheirmotionthevolcanicenergyunderneath.Thisseemedtojustifymyfears:ButIfellfromtheheightofmynew-bornhopeswhenmyunclesaid:

           "Youseeallthesevolumesofsteam,Axel;well,theydemonstratethatwehavenothingtofearfromthefuryofavolcaniceruption."

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