534 DOMAIN XII. VOLCANIC. 



on the shore of Santorini. The following night a 

 dull hollow noise was heard, like the distant re- 

 port of several cannon, which was instantly fol- 

 lowed by flames of fire shooting up to a great 

 height in the air, where they suddenly disappeared. 

 The next day, the same hollow sound was several 

 times heard, and succeeded by a blackish smoke, 

 which, notwithstanding a fresh gale blew at that 

 time, rose up in the form of a column to a prodi- 

 gious height, and would probably in the night have 

 appeared as if on fire. 



" On the 7th of August the noise was different; 

 it resembled that of large stones thrown all toge- 

 ther into a deep well. This noise having lasted 

 some days, was succeeded by another much louder, 

 so nearly resembling thunder as hardly to be dis- 

 tinguished from three or four real claps that hap- 

 pened at the same time. 



" On the 21st, the fire and smoke very consi- 

 derably diminished; but the next morning they 

 broke out with greater fury than before. The 

 smoke was red, and very thick ; and the heat was 

 so intense, that all round the island the sea smoked 

 and bubbled in a surprising manner. At night, 

 our author viewing with a telescope a large fur- 

 nace upon the highest part of the island, disco- 

 vered sixty smaller openings or funnels, all emit- 

 ting a very bright flame ; and he imagined there 



