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The Great Geyser

           "Letusland,"saidtheProfessor.

           "Butwemustcarefullyavoidthiswaterspout,whichwouldsinkourraftinamoment."

           Hans,steeringwithhisusualskill,broughtustotheotherextremityoftheislet.

           Ileapedupontherock;myunclelightlyfollowed,whileourhunterremainedathispost,likeamantoowiseevertobeastonished.

           Wewalkedupongranitemingledwithsiliceoustufa.Thesoilshiversandshakesunderourfeet,likethesidesofanoverheatedboilerfilledwithsteamstrugglingtogetloose.Wecomeinsightofasmallcentralbasin,outofwhichthegeysersprings.Iplungearegisterthermometerintotheboilingwater.Itmarksanintenseheatof325°,whichisfarabovetheboilingpoint;thereforethiswaterissuesfromanardentfurnace,whichisnotatallinharmonywithProfessorLiedenbrock’stheories.Icannothelpmakingtheremark.

           "Well,"hereplied,"howdoesthatmakeagainstmydoctrine?"

           "Oh,nothingatall,"Isaid,seeingthatIwasgoinginoppositiontoimmovableobstinacy.

           StillIamconstrainedtoconfessthathithertowehavebeenwonderfullyfavoured,andthatforsomereasonunknowntomyselfwehaveaccomplishedourjourneyundersingularlyfavourableconditionsoftemperature.Butitseemsmanifesttomethatsomedayweshallreacharegionwherethecentralheatattainsitshighestlimits,andgoesbeyondapointthatcanberegisteredbyourthermometers.

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