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The
northern
part
of
Mount
Franklin
was
at
its
base
composed
solely
of
two
valleys
,
wide
,
not
very
deep
,
without
any
appearance
of
vegetation
,
strewn
with
masses
of
rock
,
paved
with
lava
,
and
varied
with
great
blocks
of
mineral
.
This
region
required
a
long
and
careful
exploration
.
It
contained
a
thousand
cavities
,
comfortless
no
doubt
,
but
perfectly
concealed
and
difficult
of
access
.
The
colonists
even
visited
dark
tunnels
,
dating
from
the
volcanic
period
,
still
black
from
the
passage
of
the
fire
,
and
penetrated
into
the
depths
of
the
mountain
.
They
traversed
these
somber
galleries
,
waving
lighted
torches
;
they
examined
the
smallest
excavations
;
they
sounded
the
shallowest
depths
,
but
all
was
dark
and
silent
.
It
did
not
appear
that
the
foot
of
man
had
ever
before
trodden
these
ancient
passages
,
or
that
his
arm
had
ever
displaced
one
of
these
blocks
,
which
remained
as
the
volcano
had
cast
them
up
above
the
waters
,
at
the
time
of
the
submersion
of
the
island
.
However
,
although
these
passages
appeared
to
be
absolutely
deserted
,
and
the
obscurity
was
complete
,
Cyrus
Harding
was
obliged
to
confess
that
absolute
silence
did
not
reign
there
.
On
arriving
at
the
end
of
one
of
these
gloomy
caverns
,
extending
several
hundred
feet
into
the
interior
of
the
mountain
,
he
was
surprised
to
hear
a
deep
rumbling
noise
,
increased
in
intensity
by
the
sonorousness
of
the
rocks
.
Gideon
Spilett
,
who
accompanied
him
,
also
heard
these
distant
mutterings
,
which
indicated
a
revivification
of
the
subterranean
fires
.
Several
times
both
listened
,
and
they
agreed
that
some
chemical
process
was
taking
place
in
the
bowels
of
the
earth
.
"
Then
the
volcano
is
not
totally
extinct
?
"
said
the
reporter
.
"
It
is
possible
that
since
our
exploration
of
the
crater
,
"
replied
Cyrus
Harding
,
"
some
change
has
occurred
.
Any
volcano
,
although
considered
extinct
,
may
evidently
again
burst
forth
.
"
"
But
if
an
eruption
of
Mount
Franklin
occurred
,
"
asked
Spilett
,
"
would
there
not
be
some
danger
to
Lincoln
Island
?
"
"
I
do
not
think
so
,
"
answered
the
reporter
.
"
The
crater
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
safety-valve
,
exists
,
and
the
overflow
of
smoke
and
lava
,
would
escape
,
as
it
did
formerly
,
by
this
customary
outlet
.
"
