GRAHAM ISLAND. 
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tton of a volcanic island was in 1831, between Si- 
cily and the coast of Africa. About the 10th of 
July, the captain of a Sicilian vessel reported that, 
as he passed near the place, he saw a column of wa- 
ter like a water-spout, 60 feet high and 800 yards 
in circumference, rising from the sea, and soon af- 
terward a dense steam in its place, which ascended 
to the height of 1800 feet. On his return or the 
18th of July, he found a small island twelve feet high, 
with a crater in its centre, ejecting volcanic matter 
and immense volumes of vapour, the sea around 
being covered with floating cinders and dead fish. 
The eruption continued with great violence to the 
end of the month, when it was from fifty to ninety 
feet high, and three fourths of a mile in circumfer- 
ence. 
By the 4th of August it became above 200 feet 
high and 3 miles in circumference, and presented 
an appearance as in the following cut. 
Fig. 42. 
Graham Island as seen 1st of August. 
