in the Respbbour hood of leeland: 28% 
“tenn ine, m order to conyey intelligence: of this event to 
Denmark; but very Juckily they foon after difcovered the 
ic of ase 
| The place where this volcanic eruption was feen, lies ‘ck 
: 73 nautical miles, fifteen to a degree, from the fouth-wett 
i » extremity of Iceland. . Hitherto they had feen no land, but 
of recognifing Iccland,: the {hip reached the place of deftina- 
¥ tion, and completed her yoyage. , Other fhips, which arrived 
.. later, faw a {mall ifland from iia the eruption had arifen; 
~ but it always, exhibited, as. might naturally be expected, a 
different Appestan ce The fame year fmoke and flames were 
feen to arife from the neareft part of the oppofite- coaft of 
Iceland. 
_ As there have been many inftances of fuch eruptions from 
the fea producing iflands, this event attra¢ted the notice of 
“ government, and the year following orders were given to the 
fhips bound to Iceland to examine the new ifland; but it 
had entirely difappeared, fo that no traces of it were to be 
found. Towards the conclufion of the year, however, an 
unfortunate accident happened, which, without doubt, was 
-occafioned -by, funken rocks forming a part of the ifland 
which had difappeared. 
A Danith fhip of war of 64 guns, calledthe Infcd/retten, 
was expected from the Eaft Indies, and intelligence had al- 
“ready been received that. fhe had failed fron{ the Cape of 
Good Hope; but after that period no farther account; was 
. heard of her till the year 1785, when fome veflels returning 
from Iceland reported, that fome fragments of this fhip,’ to- 
gether with the long-boat, had been driven afhore on the 
coaft of that ifland. According to every account, and by 
comparing the different cireumflances, it appears to me cer- 
tain that the above fhip was wrecked on thefe rocks, then no 
‘longer vifible above the furface’ of the feae It is impoffible 
- *that fuch a large boat could have been conveyed froma thip, 
without the hands of men, unlefs the fhip had been dafhed 
to pieces. _ This, boat, was not only driven to land entire,, 
and in good condition, though without any perfon in it, but 
there was found in it a box filled with wax candles; At the 
diftance of about a quarter of a mile from the boat there were 
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