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For a whole hour this fearful spectacle went on  an hour of battle with unsteady loose rocks and quagmires of ashes, where the foolhardy climber sank up to his waist. FOR A WHOLE HOUR THIS FEARFUL SPECTACLE WENT ON AN HOUR OF BATTLE WITH UNSTEADY LOOSE ROCKS AND QUAGMIRES OF ASHES WHERE THE FULL HARDY CLIMBER SANK UP TO HIS WAIST
f objects rising upwards in the air. In half-an-hour he was only half his size. The air was full of the deep rumbling noise of the volcano, and the mountain shook and trembled. From time to time a loud fail was heard behind, and the travellers would see some enormous rock rebounding from the heights to engulph itself in the polar basin below. [Illustration: Hatteras did not even turn once to look back, but marched straight on, carrying his country's flag attached to his staff.--P.249] Hatteras did not even turn once to look back, but marched straight on, carrying his country's flag attached to his staff. His terrified friends watched every movement, and saw him gradually decrease to microscopic dimensions, while Duk looked no larger than a big rat. Then came a moment of intense anxiety, for the wind beat down on them an immense sheet of flame, and they could see nothing but the red glare. A cry of agony escaped the Doctor; but an instant afterwards Hatteras reappeared, waving his flag. D THEN HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT AGAIN AND A FEW MINUTES LATER IT WAS SEEN HIGHER UP CLINGING TO THE ROCKS HIS SIZE CONSTANTLY DECREASED WITH THE FANTASTIC RAPIDITY OF OBJECTS RISING UPWARDS IN THE AIR IN HALF AN HOUR HE WAS ONLY HALF HIS SIZE THE AIR WAS FULL OF THE DEEP RUMBLING NOISE OF THE VOLCANO AND THE MOUNTAINS SHOOK AND TREMBLED FROM TIME TO TIME A LOUD FAIL WAS HEARD BEHIND AND THE TRAVELLERS WOULD SEE SOME ENORMOUS ROCK REBOUNDING FROM THE HEIGHT TO ENGULF ITSELF IN THE POLAR BASIN BELOW HATTERAS DID NOT EVEN TURN ONCE TO LOOK BACK BUT MARCHED STRAIGHT ON CARRYING HIS COUNTRY'S FLAG ATTACHED TO HIS STAFF HIS TERRIFIED FRIENDS WATCHED EVERY MOVEMENT AND SAW HIM GRADUALLY DECREASE TO MICROSCOPIC DIMENSIONS WHILE DUKE LOOKED NO LARGER THAN A BIG RAT THEN CAME A MOMENT OF INTENSE ANXIETY FOR THE WIND BEAT DOWN ON THEM AN IMMENSE SHEET OF FLAME AND THEY COULD SEE NOTHING BUT THE RED GLARE A CRY OF AGONY ESCAPED THE DOCTOR BUT IN AN INSTANT AFTERWARDS HATTERAS REAPPEARED WAVING HIS FLAG
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