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"No, no!" replied Clawbonny. "We should be suffocated with its flames so near." "Perhaps it is the reflection," suggested Altamont. "Not that much even, for then we must be near land, and in that case we should hear the noise of the eruption." "What is it, then?" asked the captain. "It is a cosmical phenomenon," replied the Doctor, "seldom met hitherto. If we go on, we shall soon get out of our luminous sphere and be back in the darkness and tempest again." NO NO REPLIED CLAWBONNY WE SHOULD BE SUFFOCATED WITH ITS FLAME SO NEAR PERHAPS IT'S THE REFLECTION SUGGESTED ALTAMONT NOT THAT MUCH EVEN FOR THEN WE MUST BE NEAR LAND AND IN THAT CASE WE SHOULD HEAR THE NOISE OF THE ERUPTION WHAT IS IT THEN ASKED THE CAPTAIN IT IS A COSMICAL PHENOMENON REPLIED THE DOCTOR SELDOM MET HITHERTO IF WE GO ON WE SHALL SOON GET OUT OF OUR LUMINOUS SPHERE AND BE BACK IN THE DARKNESS AND TEMPEST AGAIN
made it impossible to see more than a few yards off. This sudden tempest might well seem to such excited men, a stern prohibition against further approach to the Pole; but it needed but a glance at their resolute faces to know that they would neither yield to winds nor waves, but go right on to the end. [Illustration: ] For a whole day the struggle lasted, death threatening them each moment; but about six in the evening, just as the fury of the waves seemed at its highest pitch, there came a sudden calm. The wind was stilled as if miraculously, and the sea became smooth as glass. Then came a most extraordinary inexplicable phenomenon. The fog, without dispersing, became strangely luminous, and the sloop sailed along in a zone of electric light. Mast, sail, and rigging appeared pencilled in black against the phosphorescent sky with wondrous distinctness. The men were bathed in light, and their faces shone with a fiery glow. "The volcano!" exclaimed Hatteras. "Is it possible?" said Bell. PRESERVE THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THE THICK FOG MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST A FEW YARDS OFF THIS SUDDEN TEMPEST MIGHT WELL SEEM TO SUCH EXCITED MEN A STERN PROHIBITION AGAINST FURTHER APPROACH TO THE POLE BUT IT NEEDED BUT A GLANCE AT THEIR RESOLUTE FACES TO KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NEITHER YIELD TO WINDS NOR WAVES BUT GO RIGHT ON TO THE END FOR A WHOLE DAY THE STRUGGLE LASTED DEATH THREATENING THEM EACH MOMENT BUT ABOUT SIX IN THE EVENING JUST AS THE FURY OF THE WAVE SEEMED AT ITS HIGHEST PITCH THERE CAME A SUDDEN CALM THE WIND WAS STILLED AS IF MIRACULOUSLY AND THE SEA BECAME SMOOTH AS GLASS THEN CAME A MOST EXTRAORDINARY INEXPLICABLE PHENOMENON THE FOG WITHOUT DISPERSING BECAME STRANGELY LUMINOUS AND THE SLOOP SAILED ALONG IN A ZONE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT MAST SAIL AND RIGGING APPEARED PENCILED IN BLACK AGAINST THE PHOSPHORESCENT SKY WITH WONDROUS DISTINCTNESS THE MEN WERE BATHED IN LIGHT AND THEIR FACES SHONE WITH A FIERY GLOW THE VOLCANO EXCLAIMED HATTERAS IS IT POSSIBLE SAID BELL
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