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pond crystals of sal ammonia, 1 to 5 
inches long, were collected.” 
At the time of this earthquake low 
grounds near Yuma became full of 
cracks, many of which spouted out sul- 
phurous water, mud, and sand. Dr. 
Parry records that the river formed 
new bends, leaving portions of its old 
bed so suddenly that thousands of 
fishes were left lying on the muddy 
bottom to infect in a few days the air 
along the river by their putrefaction, 
and that the frequency of earthquakes 
occurring here forms also a point in 
the mythology and traditional tales of 
the aborigines. 
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