gb' ISLANDS WHICH h.vvs rises* fiom the ska. . 
at the extremity of the Black Island, from which it issi^ 
for several days. During that time little was dischai’^ 
from the large furnace ; but from this new passage 
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astonished spectator beheld the fire dart up three seve ‘ 
times to a vast height, resembling so many prodigious sKJ 
rockets of a glowing lively red. The following night 
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sub-aqueous lire made a terrible noise, and immediate 
after a thousand sheaves of lire darted into the air, wlw 
of 
iireaking and dispensing, they fell like a shower of stars 
tlie island, which appeared in a blaze, presenting to 
amazed spaclator at once a most dreadful and beau» , 
illumiimtion. To these natural tire-works, succeeded a 
of meteor, which for some time hung over the < 
Scare, and which, having a resemblance to a . 
sword, .served to increase the conslcrnat'.on ot the inh*t 
taiits of Santorini. J) 
On the gth of Sept."iriber, the White and Black Isl-'” . 
united; after which the western end of the island 
dailv in bulk. There were now four openings only wl' 
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.emitted flames : those issued faih wiiii gre.at impetuo^' 
ise like that of a large org* 
■sometimes attended w'ilh a noise 
.pipe, and sometimes like the howling ot wild beasts. 
On the 1 2th the subterraneous noise was much 
me 
nted, hai'ing never been so Irerjueiit or so dreudtul 
that and the following day. The bursts ot this 
raucous thunder, like a general discharge of the artillei^ , 
an army, were repeated ten or twelve times w ithin I""- 
four hours, and, immediately after each clap, the large 
nace threw up huge red-hot stones, whitdi t'el! into tht^ 
■ ■ ese claps were alway.s fullowco j 
nt a great distanced These claps were alway.s tuiiowi-"^ 
a thick smoke, w'hlch spread clouds of ashes over the 
and the neighbouring islands. ' j! 
On the 18ih of September an cnrtnquaKe was >e‘ 
Santorini. It did but little damage, tilthough it 
ably enlarged the burning island, an.d in several places 
vent to the Are and smoke. The claps were also 
terrible than ever ; and, in the midst of a thick 
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which appeared like a mountain, largo pieces ot 
which afterwards fell on the iskind, or into the sea, 
thrown up with as much noise and force as balls 
onouth of a cannon. One of the small neighho“ 
Klands was covered with these fiery stonei, which 
