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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: in shape just like a pine-tree; not, of course, like one of our
branching Scotch firs here, but like an Italian stone pine, with a
long straight stem and a flat parasol-shaped top. Sometimes it
was blackish, sometimes spotted; and the good Admiral Pliny, who
was always curious about natural science, ordered his cutter and
went away across the bay to see what it could be. Earthquake
shocks had been very common for the last few days; but I do not
suppose that Pliny had any notion that the earthquakes and the
cloud had aught to do with each other. However, he soon found out
that they had, and to his cost. When he got near the opposite
shore some of the sailors met him and entreated him to turn back.
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