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But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too

           "AmItobelievethat?"Icried.

           "Understandthisclearly,"addedtheProfessor."Attheapproachofaneruptionthesejetswouldredoubletheiractivity,butdisappearaltogetherduringtheperiodoftheeruption.Fortheelasticfluids,beingnolongerunderpressure,gooffbywayofthecraterinsteadofescapingbytheirusualpassagesthroughthefissuresinthesoil.Therefore,ifthesevapoursremainintheirusualcondition,iftheydisplaynoaugmentationofforce,andifyouaddtothistheobservationthatthewindandrainarenotceasingandbeingreplacedbyastillandheavyatmosphere,thenyoumayaffirmthatnoeruptionispreparing."

           "But"

           ‘Nomore;thatissufficient.Whensciencehasutteredhervoice,letbabblersholdtheirpeace.

           Ireturnedtotheparsonage,verycrestfallen.Myunclehadbeatenmewiththeweaponsofscience.StillIhadonehopeleft,andthiswas,thatwhenwehadreachedthebottomofthecrateritwouldbeimpossible,forwantofapassage,togodeeper,inspiteofalltheSaknussemm’sinIceland.

           Ispentthatwholenightinoneconstantnightmare;intheheartofavolcano,andfromthedeepestdepthsoftheearthIsawmyselftossedupamongsttheinterplanetaryspacesundertheformofaneruptiverock.

           Thenextday,June23,Hanswasawaitinguswithhiscompanionscarryingprovisions,tools,andinstruments;twoironpointedsticks,tworifles,andtwoshotbeltswereformyuncleandmyself.Hans,asacautiousman,hadaddedtoourluggagealeathernbottlefullofwater,which,withthatinourflasks,wouldensureusasupplyofwaterforeightdays.

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