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Leaving
the
Paracuta
in
the
charge
of
two
men
,
we
again
took
our
way
to
the
interior
,
in
order
to
extend
our
search
over
a
wider
expanse
.
As
we
were
approaching
the
huge
mound
the
mist
cleared
away
,
and
the
form
stood
out
with
greater
distinctness
.
It
was
,
as
I
have
said
,
almost
that
of
a
sphinx
,
a
dusky
-
hued
sphinx
,
as
though
the
matter
which
composed
it
had
been
oxidized
by
the
inclemency
of
the
polar
climate
.
And
then
a
possibility
flashed
into
my
mind
,
an
hypothesis
which
explained
these
astonishing
phenomena
.
“
Ah
!
”
I
exclaimed
,
“
a
loadstone
!
that
is
it
!
A
magnet
with
prodigious
power
of
attraction
!
”
I
was
understood
,
and
in
an
instant
the
final
catastrophe
,
to
which
Hearne
and
his
companions
were
victims
,
was
explained
with
terrible
clearness
.
The
Antarctic
Sphinx
was
simply
a
colossal
magnet
.
Under
the
influence
of
that
magnet
the
iron
bands
of
the
Halbrane
’
s
boat
had
been
torn
out
and
projected
as
though
by
the
action
of
a
catapult
.
This
was
the
occult
force
that
had
irresistibly
attracted
everything
made
of
iron
on
the
Paracuta
.
And
the
boat
itself
would
have
shared
the
fate
of
the
Halbrane
’
s
boat
had
a
single
bit
of
that
metal
been
employed
in
its
construction
.
Was
it
,
then
,
the
proximity
of
the
magnetic
pole
that
produced
such
effects
?
At
first
we
entertained
this
idea
,
but
on
reflection
we
rejected
it
.
At
the
place
where
the
magnetic
meridians
cross
,
the
only
phenomenon
produced
is
the
vertical
position
of
the
magnetic
needle
in
two
similar
points
of
the
terrestrial
globe
.
This
phenomenon
,
already
proved
by
observations
made
on
the
spot
,
must
be
identical
in
the
Antarctic
regions
.
Thus
,
then
,
there
did
exist
a
magnet
of
prodigious
intensity
in
the
zone
of
attraction
which
we
had
entered
.
Under
our
eyes
one
of
those
surprising
effects
which
had
hitherto
been
classed
among
fables
was
actually
produced
.
The
following
appeared
to
me
to
be
the
true
explanation
.
