3ott F. A. Per ret — Bejjort on the Messina Earthquake. 



hope to avoid future repetitious of the recent great disaster, 

 and ample means should, therefore, be provided for putting 

 earth-science on a world-wide basis and bringing it thus to at 



Fig. 13 



Fig. 13. Wreck of a tall, poorly constructed building. 



least a par with astronomy. A glance at a list of the volcanic 

 and seismic catastrophes of the last eighteen years will suffice 

 to show that few other lines of scientific investigation can vie 

 with this in importance to the human race. 

 Vomero, Naples, Italy. 



