Part 3560 of 5100 from book42
Thebook73 sands which at an earlier period formed the coastline rounded away along the distant horizon and Mountbook47 Nguru reared aloft its sharp summit in the northwest. The approach of the final moment filled everybody with the most serious reflections. The inhabitants of the island looked no larger than insects. The doctor lit the combustible in his cylinder and turned the flame so as to produce a rapid heat and the balloon which had rested on the ground in perfect equipoise began to rise in a few minutes so that the seamen had to slacken the ropes they held it by.... more