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"Land! land!" repeated Hatteras, in tones of absolute conviction. Even while he spoke the appearance vanished, and when it returned again the Doctor fancied he caught a gleam of light about the smoke for an instant. [Illustration: "It is a volcano!" he exclaimed.  P.217] "It is a volcano!" he exclaimed. "A volcano?" repeated Altamont. "Undoubtedly." [Illustration: ] "In so high a latitude?" "Why not? Is not Iceland a volcanic island  indeed, almost made of volcanoes, one might say?" LAND LAND REPEATED HATTERAS IN TONES OF ABSOLUTE CONVICTION EVEN WHILE HE SPOKE THE APPEARANCE VANISHED AND WHEN IT RETURNED AGAIN THE DOCTOR FANCIED HE CAUGHT A GLEAM OF LIGHT ABOUT THE SMOKE FOR AN INSTANT IT'S A VOLCANO HE EXCLAIMED A VOLCANO REPEATED ALTAMONT UNDOUBTEDLY IN SO HIGH A LATITUDE WHY NOT IS NOT ICELAND A VOLCANIC ISLAND INDEED ALMOST MADE OF VOLCANOES ONE MIGHT SAY
eking to discover, in the colour of the water, the shape of the waves, and the breath of the wind, indications of approaching land. CHAPTER XXII. GETTING NEAR THE POLE. Hour after hour passed away, and still Hatteras persevered in his weary watch, though his hopes appeared doomed to disappointment. At length, about six in the evening, a dim, hazy, shapeless sort of mist seemed to rise far away between sea and sky. It was not a cloud, for it was constantly vanishing, and then reappearing next minute. Hatteras was the first to notice this peculiar phenomenon; but after an hour's scrutiny through his telescope, he could make nothing of it. All at once, however, some sure indication met his eye, and stretching out his arm to the horizon, he shouted, in a clear ringing voice--- "Land! land!" His words produced an electrical effect on his companions, and every man rushed to his side. "I see it, I see it," said Clawbonny. "Yes, yes, so do I!" exclaimed Johnson. "It is a cloud," said Altamont. S ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TWO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES VERNE CHAPTER TWENTY TWO GETTING NEAR THE POLE HOUR AFTER HOUR PASSED AWAY AND STILL HATTERAS PERSEVERED IN HIS WEARY WATCH THOUGH HIS HOPES APPEARED DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT AT LENGTH ABOUT SIX IN THE EVENING A DIM HAZY SHAPELESS SORE OF MIST SEEMED TO RISE FAR AWAY BETWEEN SEA AND SKY IT WAS NOT A CLOUD FOR IT WAS CONSTANTLY VANISHING AND THEN REAPPEARING NEXT MINUTE HATTERAS WAS THE FIRST TO NOTICE THIS PECULIAR PHENOMENON BUT AFTER AN HOUR'S SCRUTINY THROUGH HIS TELESCOPE HE COULD MAKE NOTHING OF IT ALL AT ONCE HOWEVER SOME SURE INDICATION MET HIS EYE AND STRETCHING OUT HIS ARM TO THE HORIZON HE SHOUTED IN A CLEAR RINGING VOICE LAND LAND HIS WORDS PRODUCED AN ELECTRICAL EFFECT ON HIS COMPANIONS AND EVERY MAN RUSHED TO HIS SIDE I SEE IT I SEE IT SAID CLAWBONNY YES YES SO DO I EXCLAIMED JOHNSON IT'S A CLOUD SAID ALTAMONT
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