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To
describe
the
comprehensive
grandeur
of
that
view
is
beyond
my
powers
.
There
was
something
so
inexpressibly
solemn
and
overpowering
about
those
huge
volcanoes
--
for
doubtless
they
are
extinct
volcanoes
--
that
it
quite
awed
us
.
For
a
while
the
morning
lights
played
upon
the
snow
and
the
brown
and
swelling
masses
beneath
,
and
then
,
as
though
to
veil
the
majestic
sight
from
our
curious
eyes
,
strange
vapours
and
clouds
gathered
and
increased
around
the
mountains
,
till
presently
we
could
only
trace
their
pure
and
gigantic
outlines
,
showing
ghostlike
through
the
fleecy
envelope
.
Indeed
,
as
we
afterwards
discovered
,
usually
they
were
wrapped
in
this
gauze-like
mist
,
which
doubtless
accounted
for
our
not
having
seen
them
more
clearly
before
.
Sheba
's
Breasts
had
scarcely
vanished
into
cloud-clad
privacy
,
before
our
thirst
--
literally
a
burning
question
--
reasserted
itself
.
It
was
all
very
well
for
Ventvögel
to
say
that
he
smelt
water
,
but
we
could
see
no
signs
of
it
,
look
which
way
we
would
.
So
far
as
the
eye
might
reach
there
was
nothing
but
arid
sweltering
sand
and
karoo
scrub
.
We
walked
round
the
hillock
and
gazed
about
anxiously
on
the
other
side
,
but
it
was
the
same
story
,
not
a
drop
of
water
could
be
found
;
there
was
no
indication
of
a
pan
,
a
pool
,
or
a
spring
.
"
You
are
a
fool
,
"
I
said
angrily
to
Ventvögel
;
"
there
is
no
water
.
"
But
still
he
lifted
his
ugly
snub
nose
sniffed
.
"
I
smell
it
,
Baas
,
"
he
answered
;
"
it
is
somewhere
in
the
air
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
I
said
,
"
no
doubt
it
is
in
the
clouds
,
and
about
two
months
hence
it
will
fall
and
wash
our
bones
.
"
Sir
Henry
stroked
his
yellow
beard
thoughtfully
.
"
Perhaps
it
is
on
the
top
of
the
hill
,
"
he
suggested
.
"
Rot
,
"
said
Good
;
"
whoever
heard
of
water
being
found
at
the
top
of
a
hill
!
"
