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But this was not the only danger that threatened the bold navigators. The iceberg was packed with white bears, huddling close together, and evidently beside themselves with terror. BUT THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY DANGER THAT THREATENED THE BOLD NAVIGATORS THE ICEBERG WAS PACKED WITH WHITE BEARS HUDDLING CLOSE TOGETHER AND EVIDENTLY BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH TERROR
tain torn by the wind; and for an instant, like a flash of lightning, an immense column of flame was seen on the horizon. "The volcano! the volcano!" was the simultaneous exclamation. But the words had hardly passed their lips before the fantastic vision had vanished. The wind suddenly changed to south-east, and drove the ship back again from the land. "Confound it!" said Hatteras; "we weren't three miles from the coast." However, resistance was impossible. All that could be done was to keep tacking; but every few minutes the little sloop would be thrown on her side, though she righted herself again immediately obedient to the helm. As Hatteras stood with dishevelled hair, grasping the helm as if welded to his hand, he seemed the animating soul of the ship. All at once, a fearful sight met his gaze. Scarcely twenty yards in front was a great block of ice coming right towards them, mounting and falling on the stormy billows, ready to overturn at any moment and crush them in its descent. OG SUDDENLY RENT LIKE A CURTAIN TORN BY THE WIND AND FOR AN INSTANT LIKE A FLASH OF LIGHTNING AN IMMENSE COLUMN OF FLAME WAS SEEN ON THE HORIZON THE VOLCANO THE VOLCANO WAS THE SIMULTANEOUS EXCLAMATION BUT THE WORDS HAD HARDLY PASSED THEIR LIPS BEFORE THE FANTASTIC VISION HAD VANISHED THE WIND SUDDENLY CHANGED THROUGH SOUTH EAST AND DROVE THE SHIP BACK AGAIN FROM THE LAND CONFOUND IT SAID HATTERAS WE WEREN'T THREE MILES FROM THE COAST HOWEVER RESISTANCE WAS IMPOSSIBLE ALL THAT COULD BE DONE WAS TO KEEP TACKING BUT EVERY FEW MINUTES THE LITTLE SLOOP WOULD BE THROWN ON HER SIDE THOUGH SHE RIGHTED HERSELF AGAIN IMMEDIATELY OBEDIENT TO THE HELM AS HATTERAS STOOD WITH DISHEVELLED HAIR GRASPING THE HELM AS IF WELDED TO HIS HAND HE SEEMED THE ANIMATING SOUL OF THE SHIP ALL AT ONCE A FEARFUL SIGHT MET HIS GAZE SCARCELY TWENTY YARDS IN FRONT WAS A GREAT BLOCK OF ICE COMING RIGHT TOWARDS THEM MOUNTING AND FALLING ON THE STORMY BILLOWS READY TO OVERTURN AT ANY MOMENT AND CRUSH THEM IN ITS DESCENT
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