quakes occurred in Italy that the Pope ordered public 

 prayers to be offered for their cessation." 



Iu 1782 in the Abruzzo they were very violent, the walls 

 being shaken to their foundations. In Hungary "a chasm 

 opened, and 53 houses were swallowed up." Earthquakes 

 occurred in the Pyrenees, Rome, and again in Hungary. 

 These serious earthquakes culminated in February 17S: ( . at 

 Calabria and Sicily in " one of the most disastrous earth- 

 quakes ever felt in Europe." All the towns and villages 

 throughout the Plain of Calabria and Sicily were shaken 

 with tremendous violence, and the devastation was awful." 

 Great sea waves occurred in the st raits of MEessina; moun- 

 tains fell, and rivers stopped. At Messina the quay sank, 

 etc. Earthquakes of exceeding violence also occurred at 

 the island of Amboyna, at Lisbon. Iceland and Japan, which 

 lasted four or five days with great destruction and loss of 

 life. Also at Thessalonica, where mountains fell, and the 

 shocks were considered to be more destructive than those 

 at Messina. Finally at Guatemala terrible shocks were 

 experienced. 



In 1735, 1736, 1737, the records show that great earth- 

 quakes and volcanic disturbances occurred, not exactly at 

 the same places as in 1906, 1907, and 1908, but places lying 

 in or about the mime latii uric were affected. For instance, 

 in 1735, in October, Etna was in eruption. Repeated 

 shocks were felt over an area of 30 miles round. The 

 eruption continued until July of 1736. 



In 1736 a very violent earthquake occurred all along the 

 northern part of Sicily, especially at Ciminna, Palermo, 

 and Xaso. Also in the island of Cyprus, and the island of 

 Cephalonia, where great damage was done on the northern 

 part of the island. 



In 1737 an extremely violent eruption of Vesuvius 

 occurred, which lasted from 14th to 23rd May. Earth- 



