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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. 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
es in impetuous torrents. In one part, serpents of fire seemed writhing and wriggling amongst smoking rocks, and in [Illustration: ] another the glowing liquid fell in cascades, in the midst of purple vapour, into a river of fire below, formed of a thousand igneous streams, which emptied itself into the sea, the waters hissing and seething like a boiling cauldron. Apparently there was only one crater to the volcano, out of which the columns of fire issued, streaked with forked 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. FLAME STREAMS OF LAVA ROLLING DOWN THE SIDES IN IMPETUOUS TORRENTS IN ONE PART SERPENTS OF FIRE SEEMED WRITHING AND WRIGGLING AMONG SMOKING ROCKS AND IN ANOTHER THE GLOWING LIQUID FELL IN CASCADES IN THE MIDST OF PURPLE VAPOUR INTO A RIVER OF FIRE BELOW FORMED OF A THOUSAND IGNEOUS STREAMS WHICH EMPTIED ITSELF INTO THE SEA THE WATERS HISSING AND SEETHING LIKE A BOILING CAULDRON APPARENTLY THERE WAS ONLY ONE CRATER TO THE VOLCANO OUT OF WHICH THE COLUMNS OF FIRE ISSUED 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
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