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of which poured in foaming waterfalls streams large enough to turn a mill�察�

and above them mountains piled on mountains�察�all covered with woods of 

box�察�which smelt rich and hot and musky in the warm spring air。                    Among 

the box´trees and fallen boulders grew hepaticas�察�blue and white and red�察�

such as you see in the garden�察�and little stars of gentian�察�more azure than 

the   azure   sky。   But   out   of   the   box´woods   above   rose   giant   silver   firs�察�

clothing the cliffs and glens with tall black spires�察�till they stood out at last 

in a jagged saw´edge against the purple evening sky�察�along the mountain 

ranges�察�thousands of feet aloft�察�and beyond them again�察�at the head of the 

valley�察�rose vast cones of virgin snow�察�miles away in reality�察�but looking so 



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brilliant and   so near   that   one fancied   at the   first   moment that   one   could 

have     touched     them    with    one's   hand。     Snow´       white    they   stood�察   �the 

glorious     things�察  �seven    thousand      feet  into  the   air�察 �and   I  watched     their 

beautiful white sides turn rose´ colour in the evening sun�察�and when he set�察�

fade   into   dull   cold   gray�察  �till   the   bright   moon   came   out   to   light   them   up 

once more。 When I was tired of wondering and admiring�察�I went into bed�察�

and there I had a dreamsuch a dream as Alice had when she went into 

Wonderlandsuch a dream as I dare say you may have had ere now。 Some 

noise   or   stir   puts   into   your   fancy   as   you   sleep   a   whole   long   dream   to 

account for it�察�and yet that dream�察�which seems to you to be hours long�察�

has not taken up a second of time�察�for the very same noise which begins 

the dream�察�wakes you at the end of it�此�and so it was with me。                      I dreamed 

that some English people had come into the hotel where I was�察�and were 

sleeping   in   the   room   underneath   me�察  �and   that   they   had   quarrelled   and 

fought�察�and broke their bed down with a tremendous crash�察�and that I must 

get up�察�and stop the fight�察�and at that moment I woke and heard coming up 

the valley from the north such a roar as I never heard before or since�察�as if 

a hundred   railway trains   were rolling   underground�察�and   just as   it   passed 

under   my   bed   there   was   a   tremendous   thump�察  �and   I   jumped   out   of   bed 

quicker than I ever did in my life�察�and heard the roaring sound die away as 

it rolled up the valley towards the peaks of snow。                 Still I had in my head 

this   notion   of   the   Englishmen   fighting   in   the   room   below。       But   then   I 

recollected that   no   Englishmen   had   come   in   the night   before�察 �and   that   I 

had   been   in   the   room   below�察  �and   that   there   was   no   bed   in   it。 Then   I 

opened my  windowa   woman   screamed�察 �a   dog barked�察 �some   cocks   and 

hens cackled in a very disturbed humour�察�and then I could hear nothing but 

the   roaring   of   the   torrent   a   hundred   feet   below。     And   then   it   flashed 

across me what all the noise was about�察�and I burst out laughing and said 

;It is only an earthquake�察─�and went to bed 

     Next   morning   I   inquired   whether   any   one   had   heard   a   noise。        No�察�

nobody had heard anything。              And the driver who had brought me up the 

valley only winked�察 �but did not   choose to speak。                 At last   at breakfast   I 

asked the pretty little maid who waited what was the meaning of the noise 

I   heard   in   the   night�察  �and   she   answered�察  �to   my   intense   amusement�察   �Ah� �



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bah�   �ce   n'etait   qu'un   tremblement   de   terre�察  �il   y   en   a   ici   toutes   les   six 

semaines。;       Now the secret was out。          The little maid�察�I found�察�came from 

the lowland   far   away�察  �and   did   not   mind   telling   the   truth�此 �but   the   good 

people of the place were afraid to let out that they had earthquakes every 

six weeks�察�for fear of frightening visitors away�此               �and because they were 

really very good people�察�and very kind to me�察�I shall not tell you what the 

name of the place is。 

     Of   course   after   that   I   could   do   no   less   than   ask   Madam   How�察  �very 

civilly�察  �how   she   made   earthquakes   in   that   particular   place�察  �hundreds   of 

miles   away   from   any   burning   mountain�拭          �And   this   was   the   answer   I 

THOUGHT she gave�察�though I am not so conceited as to say I am sure。 

     As I had come up the valley I had seen that the cliffs were all beautiful 

gray limestone marble�察�but just at this place they were replaced by granite�察�

such as you may see in London Bridge or at Aberdeen。                        I do not mean 

that the limestone changed to granite�察�but that the granite had risen up out 

of the bottom of the valley�察�and had carried the limestone ��I suppose�� up 

on its back hundreds of feet into the air。            Those caves with the waterfalls 

pouring from their mouths were all on one level�察�at the top of the granite�察�

and the bottom of the limestone。             That was to be expected�察�for�察�as I will 

explain to you some day�察�water can make caves easily in limestone�此                       �but 

never�察  �I   think�察  �in   granite。  But   I   knew   that   besides   these   cold   springs 

which came out of the caves�察�there were hot springs also�察�full of curious 

chemical salts�察�just below the very  house where   I was in。                  And when   I 

went to look at them�察�I found that they came out of the rock just where the 

limestone      and   the  granite    joined。    ;Ah�察─   �I  said�察  �now     I  think  I  have 

Madam How's answer。             The lid of one of her great steam boilers is rather 

shaky and cracked just here�察�because the granite has broken and torn the 

limestone   as   it   lifted   it   up�察  �and   here   is   the   hot   water   out   of   the   boiler 

actually oozing out of the crack�察�and the earthquake I heard last night was 

simply the steam rumbling and thumping inside�察�and trying to get out。; 

     And then�察�my dear child�察�I fell into a more serious mood。                     I said to 

myself�察 �If that stream had been a little�察�only a little stronger�察�or if the rock 

above   it   had   been   only   a   little   weaker�察  �it   would   have   been   no   laughing 

matter then�察�the village might have been shaken to the ground�察�the rocks 



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hurled into the torrent�察�jets of steam and of hot water�察�mixed�察�it may be�察�

with deadly gases�察�have   roared out of the   riven ground�察�that might have 

happened      here�察  �in  short�察  �which    has  happened      and   happens    still  in  a 

hundred places in the world�察�whenever the rocks are too weak to stand the 

pressure of the steam below�察�and the solid earth bursts as an engine boiler 

bursts when the steam within it is too strong。;             And when those thoughts 

came into my  mind�察�I was in no humour to jest any  more about ;young 

earthquakes�察─�or ;Madam How's boilers�察─�but rather to say with the wise 

man of old�察 �It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed。; 

     Most strange�察�most terrible also�察�are the tricks which this underground 

steam plays。      It will make the ground�察�which seems to us so hard and firm�察�

roll and rock in waves�察�till people are sea´ sick�察�as on board a ship�察�and 

that rocking motion ��which is the most common�� will often�察�when it is but 

slight�察  �set   the   bells   ringing   in   the   steeples�察  �or   make   the   furniture�察  �and 

things on shelves�察�jump about quaintly enough。                It will make trees bend 

to and fro�察�as if a wind was blowing through them�察�open doors suddenly�察�

and shut them again with a slam�察�make the timbers of the floors and roofs 

creak�察�as they do in a ship at sea�察�or give men such frights as one of the 

dock´keepers       at  Liverpool     got   in  the  earthquake     in   1863�察  �when     his 

watchbox rocked so�察�that he thought some one was going to pitch him over 

into the dock。      But these are only little hints and warnings of what it can 

do。    When it is strong enough�察�it will rock down houses and churches into 

heaps   of   ruins�察  �or�察  �if   it   leaves   them   standing�察  �crack   them   from   top   to 

bottom�察�so that they must be pulled down and rebuilt。 

     You   saw   those   pictures   of   the   ruins   of   Arica�察  �about   which   our   talk 

began�察�and from them you can guess well enough for yourself what a town 

looks like which has been ruined by an earthquake。                  Of the misery  and 

the horror which follow such a ruin I will not talk to you�察�nor darken your 

young spirit with sad thoughts which grown people must face�察�and ought 

to face。    But the strangeness of some of the tricks which the earthquake 

shocks play is hardly to be explained�察�even by scientific men。                Sometimes�察�

it   would   seem�察  �the   force   runs   round�察  �making   the   solid   ground   eddy�察  �as 

water eddies in a brook。         For it will make straight rows of trees crooked�察�

it will twist whole walls roundor rather the ground on which the walls 



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standwithout throwing them down�察�it will shift the stones of a pillar one 

on   the   other   sideways�察  �as   if   a   giant   had   been   trying   to   spin   it   like   a 

teetotum�察�and so screwed it half in pieces。              There is a story told by a wise 

man�察�who saw the place himself�察�of the whole furniture of one house being 

hurled away by an earthquake�察�and buried under the ruins of another house�察�

and of things carried hundreds of yards off�察�so that the neighbours went to 

law   to   settle   who   was   the   true   owner   of   them。   Sometimes�察  �again�察  �the 

shock     seems     to  come    neither    horizontally     in  waves�察   �nor   circularly    in 

eddies�察�but vertically�察�that is�察�straight up from below�察�and then thingsand 

people�察�alas� �sometimesare thrown up off the earth high into the air�察�just 

as things spring up off the table if you strike it smartly enough underneath。 

By that same law ��for there is a law for every sort of motion�� it is that the 

earthquake   shock   sometimes   hurls   great   rocks   off   a   cliff   into   the   valley 

below。      The shock runs through the mountain till it comes to the cliff at 

the end of it�察�and then the face of the cl

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