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Electricity seemed to have something to do with this magnificent panorama. Above the panting flames waved an immense plume shaped cloud of smoke, red at its base and black at its summit. It rose with incomparable majesty, and unrolled in thick volumes. ELECTRICITY SEEMED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT PANORAMA ABOVE THE PANTING FLAMES WAVED AN IMMENSE PLUME SHAPED CLOUD OF SMOKE RED AT ITS BASE AND BLACK AT ITS SUMMIT IT ROSE WITH INCOMPARABLE MAJESTY AND UNROLLED IN THICK VOLUMES
andeur. The new continent was only an island, or rather a volcano, fixed like a lighthouse on the North Pole of the world. [Illustration: Two men in a boat observing a volcano in the distance.] The mountain was in full activity, pouring out a mass of burning stones and glowing rock. At every fresh eruption there was a convulsive heaving within, as if some mighty giant were respiring, and the masses ejected were thrown up high into the air amidst jets of bright flame, streams of lava rolling down the sides in impetuous torrents. In one part, serpents of fire seemed writhing and wriggling amongst smoking rocks, and in [Illustration: ] another the glowing liquid fell in cascades, in the midst of purple vapour, into a river of fire below, formed of a thousand igneous streams, which emptied itself into the sea, the waters hissing and seething like a boiling cauldron. Apparently there was only one crater to the volcano, out of which the columns of fire issued, streaked with forked lightning. ECAME CALM THE SKY RECOVERED ITS POLAR CLEARNESS AND LESS THAN THREE MILES AWAY THE LAND APPEARED IN ALL ITS GRANDEUR THE NEW CONTINENT WAS ONLY AN ISLAND OR RATHER A VOLCANO FIXED LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE ON THE NORTH POLE OF THE WORLD THE MOUNTAIN WAS IN FULL ACTIVITY POURING OUT A MASS OF BURNING STONES AND GLOWING ROCK AT EVERY FRESH ERUPTION THERE WAS A CONVULSIVE HEAVING WITHIN AS IF SOME MIGHTY GIANT WERE RESPIRING AND THE MASSES EJECTED WERE THROWN UP HIGH INTO THE AIR AMIDST JETS OF BRIGHT FLAME STREAMS OF LAVA ROLLING DOWN THE SIDES IN IMPETUOUS TORRENTS IN ONE PART SERPENTS OF FIRE SEEMED WRITHING AND WRIGGLING AMONG SMOKING ROCKS AND IN ANOTHER THE GLOWING LIQUID FELL IN CASCADES IN THE MIDST OF PURPLE VAPOUR INTO A RIVER OF FIRE BELOW FORMED OF A THOUSAND IGNEOUS STREAMS WHICH EMPTIED ITSELF INTO THE SEA THE WATERS HISSING AND SEETHING LIKE A BOILING CAULDRON APPARENTLY THERE WAS ONLY ONE CRATER TO THE VOLCANO OUT OF WHICH THE COLUMNS OF FIRE ISSUED STREAKED WITH FORKED LIGHTNING
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