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The

next

day

,

at

dawn

,

Cyrus

Harding

and

Ayrton

,

mounting

the

cart

drawn

by

two

onagers

,

took

the

road

to

the

corral

and

set

off

at

a

round

trot

.

Above

the

forest

were

passing

large

clouds

,

to

which

the

crater

of

Mount

Franklin

incessantly

added

fuliginous

matter

.

These

clouds

,

which

rolled

heavily

in

the

air

,

were

evidently

composed

of

heterogeneous

substances

.

It

was

not

alone

from

the

volcano

that

they

derived

their

strange

opacity

and

weight

.

Scoriae

,

in

a

state

of

dust

,

like

powdered

pumice-stone

,

and

grayish

ashes

as

small

as

the

finest

feculae

,

were

held

in

suspension

in

the

midst

of

their

thick

folds

.

These

ashes

are

so

fine

that

they

have

been

observed

in

the

air

for

whole

months

.

After

the

eruption

of

1783

in

Iceland

for

upwards

of

a

year

the

atmosphere

was

thus

charged

with

volcanic

dust

through

which

the

rays

of

the

sun

were

only

with

difficulty

discernible

.

But

more

often

this

pulverized

matter

falls

,

and

this

happened

on

the

present

occasion

.

Cyrus

Harding

and

Ayrton

had

scarcely

reached

the

corral

when

a

sort

of

black

snow

like

fine

gunpowder

fell

,

and

instantly

changed

the

appearance

of

the

soil

.

Trees

,

meadows

,

all

disappeared

beneath

a

covering

several

inches

in

depth

.

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But

,

very

fortunately

,

the

wind

blew

from

the

northeast

,

and

the

greater

part

of

the

cloud

dissolved

itself

over

the

sea

.

"

This

is

very

singular

,

Captain

Harding

,

"

said

Ayrton

.

"

It

is

very

serious

,

"

replied

the

engineer

.

"

This

powdered

pumice-stone

,

all

this

mineral

dust

,

proves

how

grave

is

the

convulsion

going

forward

in

the

lower

depths

of

the

volcano

.

"

"

But

can

nothing

be

done

?

"

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"

Nothing

,

except

to

note

the

progress

of

the

phenomenon

.

Do

you

,

therefore

,

Ayrton

,

occupy

yourself

with

the

necessary

work

at

the

corral

.

In

the

meantime

I

will

ascend

just

beyond

the

source

of

Red

Creek

and

examine

the

condition

of

the

mountain

upon

its

northern

aspect

.

Then

--

"

"

Well

,

Captain

Harding

?

"

"

Then

we

will

pay

a

visit

to

Dakkar

Grotto

.

I

wish

to

inspect

it

.

At

any

rate

I

will

come

back

for

you

in

two

hours

.

"

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