\- 



til 



Mo 



ho- ""^of 



^ 



%»» 



J IV 



IT 



tre 



111 



- . » 



•^t froQ, 



extra. 



tlie 



" ^"^H and i 



1 



A 



KiulbtiT 



ITJ 



wi injured 



'imilton, tie 



._. 119. 



-J V 



V 



of i:33 



br the 



I 



as 



>'i^J 



^^^'T the 



tlie 



•licre 



\\ 



as 





LANDSLIPS NEAE S. LUCIDO. 



133 



from 2 to 4 feet^ but the buildings remained uninjured. 

 Among other territories^ tliat of Cinquefrondi was greatly 

 conyulsedj various portions of soil being raised or sunk^ and 



mnumer 



(see fig. 119). Along the flanks 



small 

 almost 



in this 



line of landslips. 



Near S. Lucido, among other places^ the soil is ( 

 as having been ' dissolved/ so that large torrents 

 inundated all the low grounds, like lava. Just emer 



from this mud 

 farm-houses 



mud 



Avere seen. 



Two miles from Laureana, the 

 swampy soil in two ravines became filled with calcareous 

 matter, which oozed out from the p^round immediately before 



the first great shock. 



.mulating 



ere long, to roll onward, like a flood of lava, into the valley, 

 where the two streams uniting, moved forward with increased 



east to west. It now presented a breadth of 



from 



225 feet by 15 in depth, and, before it ceased to move, 

 covered a surface equal in length to an Italian mile. In its 

 progress it overwhelmed a flock of 30 goats, and tore up by 

 the roots many olive and mulberry trees, which floated like 

 ships upon its surface. When this calcareous lava had 



move 



mass 



was lowered 7-^ feet. It contained 

 fragments of earth of a ferruginous colour, and emitting a 

 sulphureous smell. 



mitted. we migrht fill a volume 



details of landslips, which the different authors above alluded 

 to, supply, showing to how great an extent the power of rivers 

 to widen valleys is increased where earthquakes are of 

 periodical occurrence. A geologist can never fully under- 



manner 



mov 



combination 



mus 



of feet above the level of the sea. 



many 



Time must be allowed in the intervals between distinc- 



