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had force to raife up this part and not the other $ for 
in the middle gf the Ifland it always found Openings 
to iflue out at, together with the Smoak. It had then 4 
Paflages there, which were fo near one another, that one 
could not well diftinguifh them afunder, but by theSmoak: 
I do not mean that Smoak which commonly iflued out 
and was continual, but that which rofe up at fome certain 
times with a great force $ for this Smoak came forth 
fometimes from one Paflage, and fometimes from ano- 
ther, and oftentimes out of all four together 5 fome- 
times with a great Noife, and at other times without 
any Noife at all, tho* then alfo it iflued out with the 
fame impetuoflty. 
Out of thefe Paflages alfo there came a whiffling 
Noife, like that of an Organ Pipe * which, by the vari- 
ety of Sound it made, pleafed the Inhabitants as often 
as the Subterraneous Thunder ceafed. 
One would think, that the Noife of this Thunder 
fhould not then be fo loud, by reafon of the feveral 
Paflages of which I have fpoken ; yet, notwithftanding* 
it was not at any time fo great and fo frequent as it 
was then, and as it was above fix Months after. It 
was then, as I faid, like the Report of a Cannon : 
And there did not pafs a Day or a Night, but we heard 
5 or 6, fometimes 10 or 12 of ’em 5 and at the fame 
time feveral great burning Stones were thrown into the 
Air 5 fome of which falling one Day upon the Great 
Kjimntcniy fet fire to fome Thickets of Bufhes upon that 
little Ifland * and others being calf a great way into the 
Sea, had certainly deftroyed a fmall Veflel that pafled by 
at above a Miles diftance, if it had gone by never fo 
little later. Thefe Claps were always attended with this 
Smoak I have mentioned, which was very different f r ctn 
that which iflued out continnally from the Gulf of Fire 
almoft in the middle of the Ifland * for this was much 
thicker and blacker, and rofe in an ihftant milch higher, 
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