This was what the inquisitive sightseers said to themselves as they watched in the suffocating atmosphere near the cliff.
Yes, wait... But how long? Would it not take a month, even two, for the bolide to cool? Such masses of metal heated to a high temperature could remain incandescent for a long time. Examples had been furnished already by meteorites of much less volume.
Three hours went by and no one had manifested any intention of leaving the spot. Were they waiting to see if they could get nearer to the bolide? At any rate, they wouldn’t be able to make the attempt to-day, or to-morrow. Unless they established a camp there, and had provisions brought, they would be obliged to return to their vessels.
“Mr. Stanfort,” said Miss Arcadia Walker, “do you think the cooling is a question of
