abi 
s Which wave risen from the sea. 93 
fai fishes were found, of which however all who ate 
'lbs the grandest and most i 
*^t.se select an example from each of 
^'^<0 W.'c® Grecian Archipelago and the Azores that we 
phent grandest and most surprising instances of 
'viui'e islands, beginning with the former. 
We •i"'n ®tt'er, however, on the somewhat minute de- 
**i(l ‘ah have to bring forward, on this very curious 
'■‘at (],y subject, it may not be improper to observe, 
*''’^ 3 '. an t)f Acroteri, of great celebrity in ancient his- 
ii.s surface coinpo.sed of jmmice stone, 
, 'X •> surface of fertile earth; and that it isrepre- 
ancients as having risen, dining a violent 
sea. Four neighbouring islands are 
having h:id a similar oriain, lu-twithstanding 
part of the Archipelago of such a depth as 
Cl 
‘®®‘ghtf 
'’'firi- t-“va 
TJiese arose at 
the first long before the commencement of 
the second in the first century ; the third 
I't) i ^ad the fourth in 15/3. 
'o a phciK.'menon of a si 
imilar 
1 *'"g to I ' " pueiionienon or a siinuar nature, be- 
rec,.. , *>ame cluster of islands, which being of a 
..'^^'■'irs, n,, We are enabled to enter ittto — 
*titi 
P‘V». 
'He 
We are 
are such 
as cannot fail to 
til Us par- 
intcrest and 
at 9 *^ 'he 29,1 r » T 
e.» .^'’"eliio * °* /VIay, 1707, a severe earthquake was felt 
M'F“'S tno'"”* '"-htnd of the Archipelago; and on tlie 
i[ *‘‘1 tiiey ^ "f seamen, discot eriug not far off 
«b'i “ wreck, rapidly rowed towards 
se(,'’.*'‘''siene ""fi earth instead of the remains of a 
UiJ' S;uhq.- and spread the news of what they had 
'li(,-°Pl>rehen'-'''’ ^-’^o'her of these islands. However great 
inhabitants were at the first sight, 
and in a few day.s, seeing no 
t(3(;c the n > ^ smoke, some of them ventured to 
''hi rock Their curiosity led them from. 
I'k'lded ® fi'oy found a kind of white stone, 
*hany'^^*'atice if ku'fe like bread, and nearly resembled 
'^*Ppl sufi consistence. They also found 
'‘*' 4 r in Coll ’■‘^ks ; but wliile tliey were 
'keir writing them, the island moved and shook 
which they ran with precipitation to 
