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The reflection of the sun's rays upon it produced the most peculiar effect, lighting up men, and animals, and rocks with a fiery glow, as if proceeding from some flame within. THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN'S RAYS UPON IT PRODUCED THE MOST PECULIAR EFFECT LIGHTING UP MEN AND ANIMALS AND ROCKS WITH A FIERY GLOW AS IF PROCEEDING FROM SOME FLAME WITHIN
t of this long red curtain; but the Doctor hastened to reassure them, or rather to instruct them, as to the nature of this peculiar snow. He told them that this same red substance had been found in Switzerland, in the heart of the Alps, and that the colour proceeded solely from the presence of certain corpuscles, about the nature of which for a long time chemists could not agree. They could not decide whether these corpuscles were of animal or vegetable origin, but at last it was settled that they belonged to the family of fungi, being a sort of microscopic champignon of the species Uredo. Turning the snow over with his iron-tipped staff, the Doctor found that the colouring matter measured nine feet deep. He pointed this out to his companions, that they might have some idea of the enormous number of these tiny mushrooms in a layer extending so many miles. This phenomenon was none the less strange for being explained, for red is a colour seldom seen in nature over any considerable area. OMPANY AT THE SIGHT OF THIS LONG RED CURTAIN BUT THE DOCTOR HASTENED TO REASSURE THEM OR RATHER TO INSTRUCT THEM AS TO THE NATURE OF THIS PECULIAR SNOW HE TOLD THEM THAT THIS SAME RED SUBSTANCE HAD BEEN FOUND IN SWITZERLAND IN THE HEART OF THE ALPS AND THAT THE COLOUR PROCEEDED SOLELY FROM THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN CORPUSCLES ABOUT THE NATURE OF WHICH FOR A LONG TIME CHEMISTS COULD NOT AGREE THEY COULD NOT DECIDE WHETHER THESE CORPUSCLES WERE OF ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE ORIGIN BUT AT LAST IT WAS SETTLED THAT THEY BELONGED TO THE FAMILY OF FUNGI BEING A SORT OF MICROSCOPIC CHAMPIGNON OF THE SPECIES ERIDO TURNING THE SNOW OVER WITH HIS IRON TIPPED STAFF THE DOCTOR FOUND THAT THE COLOURING MATTER MEASURED NINE FEET DEEP HE POINTED THIS OUT TO HIS COMPANIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF THESE TINY MUSHROOMS IN A LAYER EXTENDING SO MANY MILES THIS PHENOMENON WAS NONE THE LESS STRANGE FOR BEING EXPLAINED FOR RED IS A COLOR SELDOM SEEN IN NATURE OVER ANY CONSIDERABLE AREA
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