Here they found the professor, who, startled by the sudden cold, had been fain to make a precipitate3 retreat from his observatory4. Now would have been the opportunity to demand of the enthusiast5 whether he would like to prolong his residence indefinitely upon his little comet. It is very likely that he would have declared himself ready to put up with any amount of discomfort6 to be able to gratify his love of investigation7; but all were far too disheartened and distressed8 to care to banter9 him upon the subject on which he was so sensitive.
Next morning, Servadac thus addressed his people. “My friends, except from cold, we have nothing to fear. Our provisions are ample — more than enough for the remaining period of our sojourn10 in this lone11 world of ours; our preserved meat is already cooked; we shall be able to dispense12 with all fuel for cooking purposes. All that we require is warmth — warmth for ourselves; let us secure that, and all may be well. Now, I do not entertain a doubt but that the warmth we require is resident in the bowels13 of this mountain on which we are living; to the depth of those bowels we must penetrate14; there we shall obtain the warmth which is indispensable to our very existence.”
His tone, quite as much as his words, restored confidence to many of his people, who were already yielding to a feeling of despair. The count and the lieutenant15 fervently16, but silently, grasped his hand.
“Nina,” said the captain, “you will not be afraid to go down to the lower depths of the mountain, will you?”
“Not if Pablo goes,” replied the child.
“Oh yes, of course, Pablo will go. You are not afraid to go, are you, Pablo?” he said, addressing the boy.
“Anywhere with you, your Excellency,” was the boy’s prompt reply.
And certain it was that no time must be lost in penetrating17 below the heart of the volcano; already the most protected of the many ramifications19 of Nina’s Hive were being pervaded20 by a cold that was insufferable. It was an acknowledged impossibility to get access to the crater21 by the exterior22 declivities of the mountain-side; they were far too steep and too slippery to afford a foothold. It must of necessity be entered from the interior.
Lieutenant Procope accordingly undertook the task of exploring all the galleries, and was soon able to report that he had discovered one which he had every reason to believe abutted23 upon the central funnel24. His reason for coming to this conclusion was that the caloric emitted by the rising vapors25 of the hot lava26 seemed to be oozing27, as it were, out of the tellurium, which had been demonstrated already to be a conductor of heat. Only succeed in piercing through this rock for seven or eight yards, and the lieutenant did not doubt that his way would be opened into the old lava-course, by following which he hoped descent would be easy.
Under the lieutenant’s direction the Russian sailors were immediately set to work. Their former experience had convinced them that spades and pick-axes were of no avail, and their sole resource was to proceed by blasting with gunpowder28. However skillfully the operation might be carried on, it must necessarily occupy several days, and during that time the sufferings from cold must be very severe.
“If we fail in our object, and cannot get to the depths of the mountain, our little colony is doomed,” said Count Timascheff.
“That speech is not like yourself,” answered Servadac, smiling. “What has become of the faith which has hitherto carried you so bravely through all our difficulties?”
The count shook his head, as if in despair, and said, sadly, “The Hand that has hitherto been outstretched to help seems now to be withdrawn29.”
“But only to test our powers of endurance,” rejoined the captain, earnestly. “Courage, my friend, courage! Something tells me that this cessation of the eruption30 is only partial; the internal fire is not all extinct. All is not over yet. It is too soon to give up; never despair!”
Lieutenant Procope quite concurred31 with the captain. Many causes, he knew, besides the interruption of the influence of the oxygen upon the mineral substances in Gallia’s interior, might account for the stoppage of the lava-flow in this one particular spot, and he considered it more than probable that a fresh outlet32 had been opened in some other part of the surface, and that the eruptive matter had been diverted into the new channel. But at present his business was to prosecute33 his labors35 so that a retreat might be immediately effected from their now untenable position.
Restless and agitated36, Professor Rosette, if he took any interest in these discussions, certainly took no share in them. He had brought his telescope down from the observatory into the common hall, and there at frequent intervals37, by night and by day, he would endeavor to continue his observations; but the intense cold perpetually compelled him to desist, or he would literally38 have been frozen to death. No sooner, however, did he find himself obliged to retreat from his study of the heavens, than he would begin overwhelming everybody about him with bitter complaints, pouring out his regrets that he had ever quitted his quarters at Formentera.
On the 4th of January, by persevering39 industry, the process of boring was completed, and the lieutenant could hear that fragments of the blasted rock, as the sailors cleared them away with their spades, were rolling into the funnel of the crater. He noticed, too, that they did not fall perpendicularly40, but seemed to slide along, from which he inferred that the sides of the crater were sloping; he had therefore reason to hope that a descent would be found practicable.
Larger and larger grew the orifice; at length it would admit a man’s body, and Ben Zoof, carrying a torch, pushed himself through it, followed by the lieutenant and Servadac. Procope’s conjecture41 proved correct. On entering the crater, they found that the sides slanted42 at the angle of about 4 degrees; moreover, the eruption had evidently been of recent origin, dating probably only from the shock which had invested Gallia with a proportion of the atmosphere of the earth, and beneath the coating of ashes with which they were covered, there were various irregularities in the rock, not yet worn away by the action of the lava, and these afforded a tolerably safe footing.
“Rather a bad staircase!” said Ben Zoof, as they began to make their way down.
In about half an hour, proceeding43 in a southerly direction, they had descended45 nearly five hundred feet. From time to time they came upon large excavations46 that at first sight had all the appearance of galleries, but by waving his torch, Ben Zoof could always see their extreme limits, and it was evident that the lower strata47 of the mountain did not present the same system of ramification18 that rendered the Hive above so commodious48 a residence.
It was not a time to be fastidious; they must be satisfied with such accommodation as they could get, provided it was warm. Captain Servadac was only too glad to find that his hopes about the temperature were to a certain extent realized. The lower they went, the greater was the diminution49 in the cold, a diminution that was far more rapid than that which is experienced in making the descent of terrestrial mines. In this case it was a volcano, not a colliery, that was the object of exploration, and thankful enough they were to find that it had not become extinct. Although the lava, from some unknown cause, had ceased to rise in the crater, yet plainly it existed somewhere in an incandescent50 state, and was still transmitting considerable heat to inferior strata.
Lieutenant Procope had brought in his hand a mercurial51 thermometer, and Servadac carried an aneroid barometer52, by means of which he could estimate the depth of their descent below the level of the Gallian Sea. When they were six hundred feet below the orifice the mercury registered a temperature of 6 degrees below zero.
“Six degrees!” said Servadac; “that will not suit us. At this low temperature we could not survive the winter. We must try deeper down. I only hope the ventilation will hold out.”
There was, however, nothing to fear on the score of ventilation. The great current of air that rushed into the aperture53 penetrated54 everywhere, and made respiration55 perfectly56 easy.
The descent was continued for about another three hundred feet, which brought the explorers to a total depth of nine hundred feet from their old quarters. Here the thermometer registered 12 degrees above zero — a temperature which, if only it were permanent, was all they wanted. There was no advantage in proceeding any further along the lava-course; they could already hear the dull rumblings that indicated that they were at no great distance from the central focus.
“Quite near enough for me!” exclaimed Ben Zoof. “Those who are chilly57 are welcome to go as much lower as they like. For my part, I shall be quite warm enough here.”
After throwing the gleams of torch-light in all directions, the explorers seated themselves on a jutting58 rock, and began to debate whether it was practicable for the colony to make an abode59 in these lower depths of the mountain. The prospect60, it must be owned, was not inviting61. The crater, it is true, widened out into a cavern62 sufficiently63 large, but here its accommodation ended. Above and below were a few ledges64 in the rock that would serve as receptacles for provisions; but, with the exception of a small recess65 that must be reserved for Nina, it was clear that henceforth they must all renounce67 the idea of having separate apartments. The single cave must be their dining-room, drawing-room, and dormitory, all in one. From living the life of rabbits in a warren, they were reduced to the existence of moles68, with the difference that they could not, like them, forget their troubles in a long winter’s sleep.
The cavern, however, was quite capable of being lighted by means of lamps and lanterns. Among the stores were several barrels of oil and a considerable quantity of spirits of wine, which might be burned when required for cooking purposes. Moreover, it would be unnecessary for them to confine themselves entirely to the seclusion69 of their gloomy residence; well wrapped up, there would be nothing to prevent them making occasional excursions both to the Hive and to the sea-shore. A supply of fresh water would be constantly required; ice for this purpose must be perpetually carried in from the coast, and it would be necessary to arrange that everyone in turn should perform this office, as it would be no sinecure70 to clamber up the sides of the crater for 900 feet, and descend44 the same distance with a heavy burden.
But the emergency was great, and it was accordingly soon decided71 that the little colony should forthwith take up its quarters in the cave. After all, they said, they should hardly be much worse off than thousands who annually72 winter in Arctic regions. On board the whaling-vessels, and in the establishments of the Hudson’s Bay Company, such luxuries as separate cabins or sleeping-chambers are never thought of; one large apartment, well heated and ventilated, with as few corners as possible, is considered far more healthy; and on board ship the entire hold, and in forts a single floor, is appropriated to this purpose. The recollection of this fact served to reconcile them, in a great degree, to the change to which they felt it requisite73 to submit.
Having remounted the ascent74, they made the result of their exploration known to the mass of the community, who received the tidings with a sense of relief, and cordially accepted the scheme of the migration75.
The first step was to clear the cavern of its accumulation of ashes, and then the labor34 of removal commenced in earnest. Never was a task undertaken with greater zest76. The fear of being to a certainty frozen to death if they remained where they were, was a stimulus77 that made everyone put forth66 all his energies. Beds, furniture, cooking utensils78 — first the stores of the Dobryna, then the cargo79 of the tartan — all were carried down with the greatest alacrity80, and the diminished weight combined with the downhill route to make the labor proceed with incredible briskness81.
Although Professor Rosette yielded to the pressure of circumstances, and allowed himself to be conducted to the lower regions, nothing would induce him to allow his telescope to be carried underground; and as it was undeniable that it would certainly be of no service deep down in the bowels of the mountain, it was allowed to remain undisturbed upon its tripod in the great hall of Nina’s Hive.
As for Isaac Hakkabut, his outcry was beyond description lamentable82. Never, in the whole universe, had a merchant met with such reverses; never had such a pitiable series of losses befallen an unfortunate man. Regardless of the ridicule83 which his abject84 wretchedness excited, he howled on still, and kept up an unending wail85; but meanwhile he kept a keen eye upon every article of his property, and amidst universal laughter insisted on having every item registered in an inventory86 as it was transferred to its appointed place of safety. Servadac considerately allowed the whole of the cargo to be deposited in a hollow apart by itself, over which the Jew was permitted to keep a watch as vigilant87 as he pleased.
By the 10th the removal was accomplished88. Rescued, at all events, from the exposure to a perilous89 temperature of 60 degrees below zero, the community was installed in its new home. The large cave was lighted by the Dobryna’s lamps, while several lanterns, suspended at intervals along the acclivity that led to their deserted90 quarters above, gave a weird91 picturesqueness92 to the scene, that might vie with any of the graphic93 descriptions of the “Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.”
“How do you like this, Nina?” said Ben Zoof.
“Va bene!“ replied the child. “We are only living in the cellars instead of upon the ground floor.”
“We will try and make ourselves comfortable,” said the orderly.
“Oh yes, we will be happy here,” rejoined the child; “it is nice and warm.”
Although they were as careful as they could to conceal94 their misgivings95 from the rest, Servadac and his two friends could not regard their present situation without distrust. When alone, they would frequently ask each other what would become of them all, if the volcanic96 heat should really be subsiding97, or if some unexpected perturbation should retard98 the course of the comet, and compel them to an indefinitely prolonged residence in their grim abode. It was scarcely likely that the comet could supply the fuel of which ere long they would be in urgent need. Who could expect to find coal in the bowels of Gallia — coal, which is the residuum of ancient forests mineralized by the lapse99 of ages? Would not the lava-cinders exhumed100 from the extinct volcano be their last poor resource?
“Keep up your spirits, my friends,” said Servadac; “we have plenty of time before us at present. Let us hope that as fresh difficulties arise, fresh ways of escape will open. Never despair!”
“True,” said the count; “it is an old saying that ‘Necessity is the mother of invention.’ Besides, I should think it very unlikely that the internal heat will fail us now before the summer.”
The lieutenant declared that he entertained the same hope. As the reason of his opinion he alleged101 that the combustion102 of the eruptive matter was most probably of quite recent origin, because the comet before its collision with the earth had possessed103 no atmosphere, and that consequently no oxygen could have penetrated to its interior.
“Most likely you are right,” replied the count; “and so far from dreading104 a failure of the internal heat, I am not quite sure that we may not be exposed to a more terrible calamity105 still?”
“What?” asked Servadac.
“The calamity of the eruption breaking out suddenly again, and taking us by surprise.”
“Heavens!” cried the captain, “we will not think of that.”
“The outbreak may happen again,” said the lieutenant, calmly; “but it will be our fault, our own lack of vigilance, if we are taken by surprise.” And so the conversation dropped.
The 15th of January dawned; and the comet was 220,000,000 leagues from the sun.
Gallia had reached its aphelion106.
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combustion
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