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           Duringthesixfollowingdays,fromthe25thtothe30thofJanuary,thecolonistsaccomplishedasmuchoftheconstructionoftheirvesselastwentymencouldhavedone.Theyhardlyallowedthemselvesamoment’srepose,andtheglareoftheflameswhichshotfromthecraterenabledthemtoworknightandday.Theflowoflavacontinued,butperhapslessabundantly.Thiswasfortunate,forLakeGrantwasalmostentirelychokedup,andifmorelavashouldaccumulateitwouldinevitablyspreadovertheplateauofProspectHeights,andthenceuponthebeach.

           Butiftheislandwasthuspartiallyprotectedonthisside,itwasnotsowiththewesternpart.

           Infact,thesecondstreamoflava,whichhadfollowedthevalleyofFallsRiver,avalleyofgreatextent,thelandonbothsidesofthecreekbeingflat,metwithnoobstacle.TheburningliquidhadthenspreadthroughtheforestoftheFarWest.Atthisperiodoftheyear,whenthetreesweredriedupbyatropicalheat,theforestcaughtfireinstantaneously,insuchamannerthattheconflagrationextendeditselfbothbythetrunksofthetreesandbytheirhigherbranches,whoseinterlacementfavoreditsprogress.Itevenappearedthatthecurrentofflamespreadmorerapidlyamongthesummitsofthetreesthanthecurrentoflavaattheirbases.

           Thusithappenedthatthewildanimals,jaguars,wildboars,capybaras,koalas,andgameofeverykind,madwithterror,hadfledtothebanksoftheMercyandtotheTadornMarsh,beyondtheroadtoPortBalloon.

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