Thecolonists,warnedbytheengineer,lefttheirworkandgazedinsilenceatthesummitofMountFranklin.

           Thevolcanohadawoke,andthevaporhadpenetratedtheminerallayerheapedatthebottomofthecrater.Butwouldthesubterraneanfiresprovokeanyviolenteruption?Thiswasaneventwhichcouldnotbeforeseen.However,evenwhileadmittingthepossibilityofaneruption,itwasnotprobablethatthewholeofLincolnIslandwouldsufferfromit.Theflowofvolcanicmatterisnotalwaysdisastrous,andtheislandhadalreadyundergonethistrial,aswasshownbythestreamsoflavahardenedonthenorthernslopesofthemountain.Besides,fromtheshapeofthecratertheopeningbrokenintheupperedgethematterwouldbethrowntothesideoppositethefertileregionsoftheisland.

           However,thepastdidnotnecessarilyanswerforthefuture.Often,atthesummitofvolcanoes,theoldcraterscloseandnewonesopen.ThishadoccurredinthetwohemispheresatEtna,Popocatepetl,atOrizabaandontheeveofaneruptionthereiseverythingtobefeared.Infact,anearthquakeaphenomenonwhichoftenaccompaniesvolcaniceruptionisenoughtochangetheinteriorarrangementofamountain,andtoopennewoutletsfortheburninglava.

           CyrusHardingexplainedthesethingstohiscompanions,and,withoutexaggeratingthestateofthings,hetoldthemalltheprosandcons.Afterall,theycouldnotpreventit.ItdidnotappearlikelythatGraniteHousewouldbethreatenedunlessthegroundwasshakenbyanearthquake.

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