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and was not diiperfed ’till fome time after, and then fell 
in Afhes upon the Country, or into the Sea $ fome of 
which the Wind fometimes carried as far as Anacnpbi, 
an lfland about 25 Miles diftant from the Bay of San- 
tor ini- 
Some Perfons had the Curicfity to gather fome of thefe 
Afhes, (which were of a Colour between black and 
white) and put them into the Fire, imagining they would 
burn like Gun powder, which they very much refembled $ 
but they produced no other eff.&, than only making 
a fmall hilling Noife. 
September the i8tb, two Hours after Midnight, there 
was an Earthquake at Santorini $ with which they were 
the more furprized, becaufe they leait fufpefted it, 
the Subterraneous Fires having had fo free a PafTage 
for fp long a time. It did not do any damage 5 and 
had no other effeft than to enlarge very much the I- 
lland, and to remove for fome Days the Fire and Smoak 
into other Places, through new Pafl'ages which it 
made, and to incieafe very confderably both of era. 
And in truth, I never faw fo much Fire, or heard fuch 
terrible Clap?, as after this Earthquake. By the vio- 
lence of th.fe Claps, HouEs were fhaken at above 3 
Miles diftance 5 and out of the midft of a great Smoak, 
which rofe up and appeared like a Mountain, one might 
fee and hear great pieces of Rocks fall down into the 
Sea and upon the Ifland, which were thrown out with 
the fame Violence and Noife as a Bullet out of the 
Mou r h of a Cannon. 
The LefTer K atnmeni was feveral times quite covered 
over with great Stones cover’d with burning Sulphur 5 
feveral of which rolling afterwards from the top of this 
little Hland into the Sea, made a very bright Light and 
pleafant appearance in the Night. I thought at firft, 
that the Fire had paffed under ground from the New 
lfland t© this 5 becaufe they are not very far afunder: 
But 
