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] The mountain was in full activity, pouring out a mass of burning stones and glowing rock. THE MOUNTAIN WAS IN FULL ACTIVITY POURING OUT A MASS OF BURNING STONES AND GLOWING ROCK
 Lost! and so near the Pole, just as he had caught sight of the goal! The Doctor called, and shouted, and fired signals, and Duk made piteous lamentations; but there was no response. Clawbonny could bear up no longer; he buried his head in his hands, and fairly wept aloud. At such a distance from the coast, it was impossible Hatteras could reach it alive, without an oar or even so much as a spar to help him; if ever he touched the haven of his desire, it would be as a swollen, mutilated corpse! Longer search was useless, and nothing remained but to resume the route north. The tempest was dying out, and about five in the morning on the 11th of July, the wind fell, and the sea gradually became calm. The sky recovered its polar clearness, and less than three miles away the land appeared in all its grandeur. The new continent was only an island, or rather a volcano, fixed like a lighthouse on the North Pole of the world. [Illustration: Two men in a boat observing a volcano in the distance. D THE OARS AND ROWED ABOUT FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BUT THEIR SEARCH WAS VAIN HATTERAS WAS LOST LOST AND SO NEAR THE POLE JUST AS HE HAD CAUGHT SIGHT OF THE GOAL THE DOCTOR CALLED AND SHOUTED AND FIRED SIGNALS AND DUKE MADE PITEOUS LAMENTATIONS BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE CLAWBONNY COULD BEAR UP NO LONGER HE BURIED HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS AND FAIRLY WEPT ALOUD AT SUCH A DISTANCE FROM THE COAST IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE HATTERAS COULD REACH IT ALIVE WITHOUT AN AWAR OR EVEN SO MUCH AS A SPAR TO HELP HIM IF EVER HE TOUCHED THE HAVEN OF HIS DESIRE IT WOULD BE AS A SWOLLEN MUTILATED CORPSE LONG A SEARCH WAS USELESS AND NOTHING REMAINED BUT TO RESUME THE ROUTE NORTH THE TEMPEST WAS DYING OUT AND ABOUT FIVE IN THE MORNING ON THE ELEVENTH OF JULY THE WIND FELL AND THE SEA GRADUALLY BECAME CALM THE SKY RECOVERED ITS POLAR CLEARNESS AND LESS THAN THREE MILES AWAY THE LAND APPEARED IN ALL ITS GRANDEUR THE NEW CONTINENT WAS ONLY AN ISLAND OR RATHER A VOLCANO FIXED LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE ON THE NORTH POLE OF THE WORLD
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