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They feared their captain's dead body would meet their eyes on the coast, and yet it seemed difficult for a corpse to lie on it, for there was no shore, and the sea broke on steep rocks, which were covered with cinders above watermark. THEY FEARED THEIR CAPTAIN'S DEAD BODY WOULD MEET THEIR EYES ON THE COAST AND YET IT SEEMED DIFFICULT FOR A CORPSE TO LIE ON IT FOR THERE WAS NO SHORE AND THE SEA BROKE ON STEEP ROCKS WHICH WERE COVERED WITH CINDERS ABOVE WATER MARK
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. "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." "It seems so at this distance," said Johnson; "but we shall be sure to find some place to run in our boat at, and that is all we want." "Let us go on, then," said Clawbonny, dejectedly. He had no heart now for anything. The North Pole was indeed before his eyes, but not the man who had discovered it. As they got nearer the island, which was not more than eight or ten miles in circumference, the navigators noticed a tiny fiord, just large enough to harbour their boat, and made towards it immediately. SLAND 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 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 IT SEEMS SO AT THIS DISTANCE SAID JOHNSON BUT WE SHALL BE SURE TO FIND SOME PLACE TO RUN IN OUR BOAT AT AND THAT IS ALL WE WANT LET US GO ON THEN SAID CLAWBONNY DEJECTEDLY HE HAD NO HEART NOW FOR ANYTHING THE NORTH POLE WAS INDEED BEFORE HIS EYES BUT NOT THE MAN WHO HAD DISCOVERED IT AS THEY GOT NEARER THE ISLAND WHICH WAS NOT MORE THAN EIGHT OR TEN MILES IN CIRCUMFERENCE THE NAVIGATORS NOTICED A TINY FIORD JUST LARGE ENOUGH TO HARBOUR THEIR BOAT AND MADE TOWARDS IT IMMEDIATELY
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