A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH - 32

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A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH By Jules Verne CHAPTER 32 THE BATTLE OF THE ELEMENTS Friday, August 21st. This morning the magnificent geyser had wholly disappeared. The wind had freshened up, and we were fast leaving the neighborhood of Henry's Island. Even the roaring sound of the mighty column was lost to the ear. The weather, if, under the circumstances, we may use such an expression, is about to change very suddenly. The atmosphere is being gradually loaded with vapors, which carry with them the electricity formed by the constant evaporation of the saline waters; the clouds