1 64 Stromboli Vesuvius. 



2. In 1783 a volcano in Iceland sent out two streams of 

 lava, one 40 miles long and 7 miles wide, and the other 50 

 miles long and 15 miles wide. These streams were from 

 100 to 600 feet deep. In this eruption n,ooocows, 27,000 

 horses, and 186,000 sheep perished. 



3. In the island of Java is a volcano (Papanday- 

 ang) which, in 1772, threw out ashes and cinders so as to 

 cover the earth fifty feet deep for a distance of seven miles 

 all around the mountain, thus destroying forty villages and 

 twenty thousand people. 



4. Sometimes volcanoes rise from the sea. This hap- 

 pened in 1866, near the Navigators' Islands, in the 

 Pacific. Stones, mud, and dust were thrown up 2,000 

 feet. Some of the, stones going down met others coming up 

 with a terrible crash. For half a mile around the water 

 was in terrible commotion. Heaps of dead fish were 

 washed ashore, and- among them some strange monsters, 

 from six to ten feet long, such as the natives had never 

 seen before; while the atmosphere for miles around was 

 heated and filled with smoke, ashes, and sulphurous vapors. 



5. North of Sicily are the Lipari (lip'a-re) Islands. 

 On one of these is a volcano named Stromboli (strorri- 

 bo-le), which has given out lava for 2,000 years, and, from 

 its constant light, has been called the light-house of the 

 Mediterranean. 



6. The best-known volcano in the world is 

 Vesuvius, which is in Italy, near the city of 

 Naples. This was not known to be a volcano 

 until the year 79, or about eighteen centuries 

 ago, when it suddenly burst forth and sent 

 out such an immense quantity of ashes and 

 cinders as to overwhelm two cities situated near 

 it. These cities were named Herculaneum and 



