gg^ SHOWER OF ASHES. 



mentioned, regarding Which ho^^^^^^^^ 



has been comm-i-t f^^^ Jenturies^e*^''' upheaved .l.rge 

 quake having, about * e^*^^^^^^^^ . ^ .^^^ j^^^^ . ^ ^^^ 



area of the bed ot t^ie 8^=^'^' „ g^ that numerous harbours 

 ^^^^"ITd^ IHhts ^erU ecked and ingulfed ,• in 

 were laid diy, ana snips ^7"=. v ^^^in 1819 that 



iC^efion .he« we« c J. up numerou. piec.. of wrought 

 iron and ship nails. 



5. nESTK.CTlONO. THE ANCIENT ClXV OF OOOEIS ANP OTHER 

 PLACES IN INDIA BY A SHOWEK OF YOtCANIC ASHE». 



The volcano said to have burst forth in the district of 

 CuTch i^lSlQ is the only one of modern date menti^^^^^^^^^^^ 



authors as ^^^^f^^>J^^^ h^vt^f 

 ashes overwhelmed the ancient city 01 ^ ^^ 



Si^?;::?M2^rS:iid^'ftot^ 



Shteen 'fLt, there are f-q-^^^^ -^S^^/rex aordt 



-^^"^^Pf^L'^UlEuTei^iroTviUrkinL!:^ 



nar>- hardness besides uten.i.^ from which several 



:rne pi larsMd b:endug,'there was observed a space from 

 ^wPlve to fifteen feet long, and seven and ei^ht feet high, 

 comp s d of eTrthen vessels broken and closely compac^d 

 3 It was conjectured to have been a potter's kUn. 

 Seen this place ani the new town is a follow m which 

 tradition saysf the river Sipparah formerly ran I changed 

 it<i rourse at the time the city was buried, and now mns 10 

 the we ward In the Asiatic Journal, the sod which covers 

 OuS is described as being of an ash-gray colour, with 

 2Se specks of black sand, thus somewhat resembling 

 San c a'sts. Captain Dangerfield observe a^ a depth 

 of thirty feet, in a so-called tufaceous mass, in the course 

 : he Verbudda near to the city of Mhysir bncks and 

 large earthen vessels, said to have belonged to th« ancient 

 dty Of Mhysir, de6troyed by the catastrophe of Ougem. if, 



