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A Bold Stratagem

           Theworkersusedasleverssomepoststakenfromtheinterioroftheoudoupa,andtheypliedtheirtoolsvigorouslyagainsttherockymass.Undertheirunitedeffortsthestonesoonmoved.Theymadealittletrenchsothatitmightrolldowntheinclinedplane.Astheygraduallyraisedit,thevibrationsunderfootbecamemoredistinct.Dullroaringsofflameandthewhistlingsoundofafurnaceranalongunderthethincrust.Theintrepidla-borers,veritableCyclopshandlingEarth’sfires,workedinsilence;soonsomefissuresandjetsofsteamwarnedthemthattheirplacewasgrowingdangerous.Butacrowningeffortmovedthemasswhichrolleddownanddisappeared.Immediatelythethincrustgaveway.Acolumnoffirerushedtotheskywithlouddetonations,whilestreamsofboilingwaterandlavaflowedtowardthenativecampandthelowervalleys.

           Alltheconetrembledasifitwasabouttoplungeintoafathomlessgulf.

           Glenarvanandhiscompanionshadbarelytimetogetoutoftheway;theyfledtotheenclosureoftheoudoupa,notwithouthavingbeensprinkledwithwaterat220degrees.Thiswateratfirstspreadasmelllikesoup,whichsoonchangedintoastrongodorofsulphur.

           Thenthemud,thelava,thevolcanicstones,allspoutedforthinatorrent.StreamsoffirefurrowedthesidesofMaunganamu.Theneighboringmountainswerelitupbytheglare;thedarkvalleyswerealsofilledwithdazzlinglight.

           Allthesavageshadrisen,howlingunderthepaininflictedbytheburninglava,whichwasbubblingandfoaminginthemidstoftheircamp.

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