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As Hatteras stood with dishevelled hair, grasping the helm as if welded to his hand, he seemed the animating soul of the ship. AS HATTERAS STOOD WITH DISHEVELLED HAIR GRASPING THE HELM AS IF WELDED TO HIS HAND HE SEEMED THE ANIMATING SOUL OF THE SHIP
h rock or iceberg must have inevitably dashed her to pieces. But not a man on board counselled prudence. They were intoxicated with the danger, and no speed could be quick enough to satisfy their longing impatience to reach the unknown. At last they began evidently to near the coast. Strange symptoms were manifest in the air; the fog 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 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.  ANY SUDDEN COLLISION WITH ROCK OR ICEBERG MUST HAVE INEVITABLY DASHED HER TO PIECES BUT NOT A MAN ON BOARD COUNSELLED PRUDENCE THEY WERE INTOXICATED WITH THE DANGER AND NO SPEED COULD BE QUICK ENOUGH TO SATISFY THEIR LONGING IMPATIENCE TO REACH THE UNKNOWN AT LAST THEY BEGAN EVIDENTLY TO NEAR THE COAST STRANGE SYMPTOMS WERE MANIFEST IN THE AIR THE FOG 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
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