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At
this
instant
the
river
of
lava
,
after
having
broken
a
passage
through
the
noble
trees
it
devoured
in
its
course
,
reached
the
borders
of
the
lake
.
At
this
point
there
was
an
elevation
of
the
soil
which
,
had
it
been
greater
,
might
have
sufficed
to
arrest
the
torrent
.
"
To
work
!
"
cried
Cyrus
Harding
.
The
engineer
's
thought
was
at
once
understood
.
it
might
be
possible
to
dam
,
as
it
were
,
the
torrent
,
and
thus
compel
it
to
pour
itself
into
the
lake
.
The
colonists
hastened
to
the
dockyard
.
They
returned
with
shovels
,
picks
,
axes
,
and
by
means
of
banking
the
earth
with
the
aid
of
fallen
trees
they
succeeded
in
a
few
hours
in
raising
an
embankment
three
feet
high
and
some
hundreds
of
paces
in
length
.
It
seemed
to
them
,
when
they
had
finished
,
as
if
they
had
scarcely
been
working
more
than
a
few
minutes
.
It
was
not
a
moment
too
soon
.
The
liquefied
substances
soon
after
reached
the
bottom
of
the
barrier
.
The
stream
of
lava
swelled
like
a
river
about
to
overflow
its
banks
,
and
threatened
to
demolish
the
sole
obstacle
which
could
prevent
it
from
overrunning
the
whole
Far
West
.
But
the
dam
held
firm
,
and
after
a
moment
of
terrible
suspense
the
torrent
precipitated
itself
into
Grant
Lake
from
a
height
of
twenty
feet
.
The
colonists
,
without
moving
or
uttering
a
word
,
breathlessly
regarded
this
strife
of
the
two
elements
.
What
a
spectacle
was
this
conflict
between
water
and
fire
!
What
pen
could
describe
the
marvelous
horror
of
this
scene
--
what
pencil
could
depict
it
?
The
water
hissed
as
it
evaporated
by
contact
with
the
boiling
lava
.
The
vapor
whirled
in
the
air
to
an
immeasurable
height
,
as
if
the
valves
of
an
immense
boiler
had
been
suddenly
opened
.
But
,
however
considerable
might
be
the
volume
of
water
contained
in
the
lake
,
it
must
eventually
be
absorbed
,
because
it
was
not
replenished
,
while
the
stream
of
lava
,
fed
from
an
inexhaustible
source
,
rolled
on
without
ceasing
new
waves
of
incandescent
matter
.
The
first
waves
of
lava
which
fell
in
the
lake
immediately
solidified
and
accumulated
so
as
speedily
to
emerge
from
it
.
Upon
their
surface
fell
other
waves
,
which
in
their
turn
became
stone
,
but
a
step
nearer
the
center
of
the
lake
.
In
this
manner
was
formed
a
pier
which
threatened
to
gradually
fill
up
the
lake
,
which
could
not
overflow
,
the
water
displaced
by
the
lava
being
evaporated
.
The
hissing
of
the
water
rent
the
air
with
a
deafening
sound
,
and
the
vapor
,
blown
by
the
wind
,
fell
in
rain
upon
the
sea
.
The
pier
became
longer
and
longer
,
and
the
blocks
of
lava
piled
themselves
one
on
another
.
Where
formerly
stretched
the
calm
waters
of
the
lake
now
appeared
an
enormous
mass
of
smoking
rocks
,
as
if
an
upheaving
of
the
soil
had
formed
immense
shoals
.
Imagine
the
waters
of
the
lake
aroused
by
a
hurricane
,
then
suddenly
solidified
by
an
intense
frost
,
and
some
conception
may
be
formed
of
the
aspect
of
the
lake
three
hours
alter
the
eruption
of
this
irresistible
torrent
of
lava
.
