94 volcanoes; earthquakes. 



greater or less extent. Such are called Chain- 

 Volcanoes, 



To this class belong the numerous volcanoes of 

 Iceland, of which at least seven are still at work : 

 on the north-east, Krabla, Leihrunkur, and 

 Trolladyngur ; on the south-west, Hecla, 

 Eyafiall, and Kotligia; on the east, Oerafa- 

 Jokul, five thousand six hundred feet high, the 

 highest mountain in Iceland. But in other parts 

 of the volcanic belt that runs across this island, 

 enormous clefts have been torn open, from which 

 streams of lava pour forth in masses of such length 

 and breadth, as have not been found in any other 

 volcanic country. 



The Lipari Isles again seem to be but the 

 loftiest crater-crests of a volcanic tract of consider- 

 able length. However, only two of these can be 

 counted among the volcanoes that are still active, 

 viz., the never-resting Stromboli, andYolcano. 



The western row of the Lesser Antilles forms a 

 connected chain of volcanic islands : among these 

 Guadaloupe, St. Christopher's, Martinique, 

 and St. Yincent have the most remarkable vol- 

 canoes. 



On the continent of America are a great number 

 of burning mountains, which rise up on the ridge of 

 the Cordilleras, and generally form the highest of 

 their crests. They are chain- volcanoes. Such 

 are the long tow of volcanoes of Chili, several 



