 Then, when it is exactly in the Vortex (the center of the cyclone), the crew members fire an old pistol loaded with a flash-dust and they see the legendary Pyramidal Sea, a sea raised to a high water-hills, while the cry of the cyclone is circulating around them in a distance of several tens of miles.Though not being a fiction or horror story, this tale belongs to the best Mr. Hodgson ever wrote.Hodgson is not known as a writer of romantic stories, although several of his novels contain themes of romantic love amidst the horror and adventure.