Chapter 27 Foul Weather At the moment when that pyramid of fire rose to a prodigious height into the air, the glare of flame lit up the whole of Flor-ida; and for a moment day superseded night over a consider-able extent of the country. This immense canopy of fire was perceived at a distance of one hundred miles out at sea, and more than one ship's captain entered in his log the appearance of this gigantic meteor. The discharge of the Columbiad was accompanied by a per-fect earthquake. Florida was shaken to its very depths. The gases of the powder,