The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
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These had com- pelled us to detour till we could find a place at least without visible signs of slumping ofi^.
The ash lay in the same even bedded layers as below. Although it was here 40 or 50 feet deep, three times as much as at the foot of the mountain, the frag- ments of which it was composed were little coarser than there (see page 171).
Our suspense as we waited, perched on that eery crumbling edge, cut off by the encircling mist from ever>-thing else in the universe, would be hard to des...cribe.
Were we to be cheated, after all our efifort?
Finally, the steam blew away, and we were struck speechless by the sight below.
FIRST VIEW OF THE CRATER We found ourselves hanging over the brink of an abyss of such immensity that, as the event proved, we were powerless even to guess its size. Down, down, down, we looked until the cliff shelved off and we could follow it no further.
In the bottom lay a wonderful lake, of a weird vitriolic robin's-egg blue, milky, like one of the glacial lakes of Switzer- land.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
These had com- pelled us to detour till we could find a place at least without visible signs of slumping ofi^.
The ash lay in the same even bedded layers as below. Although it was here 40 or 50 feet deep, three times as much as at the foot of the mountain, the frag- ments of which it was composed were little coarser than there (see page 171).
Our suspense as we waited, perched on that eery crumbling edge, cut off by the encircling mist from ever>-thing else in the universe, would be hard to des...cribe.
Were we to be cheated, after all our efifort?
Finally, the steam blew away, and we were struck speechless by the sight below.
FIRST VIEW OF THE CRATER We found ourselves hanging over the brink of an abyss of such immensity that, as the event proved, we were powerless even to guess its size. Down, down, down, we looked until the cliff shelved off and we could follow it no further.
In the bottom lay a wonderful lake, of a weird vitriolic robin's-egg blue, milky, like one of the glacial lakes of Switzer- land.
What to read after The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Griggs, Robert F. (Robert Fiske), B. 1881 to read onlineMoreLess
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