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THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. 



the north-west quarter, prevented him from seeing 

 anything out at sea. On the 8tli, the weather 

 cleared, when he observed, at some miles from tlie 

 shore, a column of smoke or mist rising from the sea, 

 and as evening approached he saw something black 

 upheaved above the smoke. During the night Cre 



Fig. 62. — Rise of a new Island near Ouuimack. 



was emitted at the same place, and with such intensity, 

 that at a distance of ten miles objects were perfectly 

 distinguishable. Then a trembling of the earth, ac- 

 companied by a frightful noise, which was echoed 



