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"Can we land?" said the Doctor. "The wind is carrying us right to it," said Altamont. "But I don't see an inch of land to set our foot upon." CAN WE LAND SAID THE DOCTOR THE WIND IS CARRYING US RIGHT TO IT SAID ALTAMONT BUT I DON'T SEE AN INCH OF LAND TO SET OUR FOOT UPON
ed lightning. 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. The sky was ash-colour to a great height, and it was evident that the darkness that had prevailed while the tempest lasted, which had seemed quite inexplicable to the Doctor, was owing to the columns of cinders overspreading the sun like a thick curtain. He remembered a similar phenomenon which occurred in the Barbadoes, where the whole island was plunged in profound obscurity by the mass of cinders ejected from the crater of Isle St. Vincent. This enormous ignivomous rock in the middle of the sea was six thousand feet high, just about the altitude of Hecla. It seemed to rise gradually out of the water as the boat got nearer. There was no trace of vegetation, indeed there was no shore; the rock ran straight down to the sea. ED STREAKED WITH FORKED LIGHTNING 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 THE SKY WAS ASH COLOR TO A GREAT HEIGHT AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE DARKNESS THAT HAD PREVAILED WHILE THE TEMPEST LASTED WHICH HAD SEEMED QUITE INEXPLICABLE TO THE DOCTOR WAS OWING TO THE COLUMNS OF CINDERS OVERSPREADING THE SUN LIKE A THICK CURTAIN HE REMEMBERED A SIMILAR PHENOMENON WHICH OCCURRED IN THE BARBADOS WHERE THE WHOLE ISLAND WAS PLUNGED IN PROFOUND OBSCURITY BY THE MASS OF CINDERS EJECTED FROM THE CRATER OF ISLE SAINT VINCENT THIS ENORMOUS IGNOMIS ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA WAS SIX THOUSAND FEET HIGH JUST ABOUT THE ALTITUDE OF HECLER IT SEEMED TO RISE GRADUALLY OUT OF THE WATER AS THE BOAT GOT NEARER THERE WAS NO TRACE OF VEGETATION INDEED THERE WAS NO SHORE THE ROCK RAN STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE SEA
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