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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. 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
Duk, who would not leave him. He speedily disappeared behind a curtain of smoke, and they heard his voice growing fainter in the distance, shouting-- "To the north! to the north! to the top of Mount Hatteras! Remember Mount Hatteras!" All pursuit of him was out of the question; it was impossible to leap across the fiery torrent, and equally impossible to get round it. Altamont, indeed, was mad enough to make an attempt, and would certainly have lost his life if the others had not held him back by main force. "Hatteras! Hatteras!" shouted the Doctor, but no response was heard save the faint bark of Duk. At intervals, however, a glimpse of him could be caught through the clouds of smoke and showers of ashes. Sometimes his head, sometimes his arm appeared; then he was out of sight again, and a few minutes later 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. ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FAITHFUL DUKE WHO WOULD NOT LEAVE HIM HE SPEEDILY DISAPPEARED BEHIND A CURTAIN OF SMOKE AND THEY HEARD HIS VOICE GROWING FAINTER IN THE DISTANCE SHOUTING TO THE NORTH TO THE NORTH TO THE TOP OF MOUNT HATTERAS REMEMBER MOUNT HATTERAS ALL PURSUIT OF HIM WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LEAP ACROSS THE FIERY TORRENT AND EQUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AROUND IT ALTAMONT INDEED WAS MAD ENOUGH TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT AND WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE LOST HIS LIFE IF THE OTHERS HAD NOT HELD HIM BACK BY MAIN FORCE HATTERAS HATTERAS SHOUTED THE DOCTOR BUT NO RESPONSE WAS HEARD SAVE THE FAINT BARK OF DUKE AT INTERVALS HOWEVER A GLIMPSE OF HIM COULD BE CAUGHT THROUGH THE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND SHOWERS OF ASHES SOMETIMES HIS HEAD SOMETIMES HIS ARM APPEARED 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
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