ISLANDS WBICH HAVE RUEH FROM THE SEA. ^ 
May, -which may be considered as the anriiversary o ^ 
birtii of the new island, things continued much j,; 
same state, but afterwards the fire and smoke subsidy 
same state, Dut duciwcuu* — 
degrees, and the subterraneous thunders became le 
rible. 
On the 1.5lh of July 1709. the Bishop of San 
accompanied by several friars, hired a boat to ‘«ke jj). 
if , 1,0 icionrl Thev made directly toward itoi* , 
vkw of the island. They ntade direct^ 
side where the sea did not bubble, but where it stO^ 
lie sea ui.i.1. ni- 
very much. Being within the range of this vapour 
fel/a close suftbcating heat, and found tlie water very 
felt a close suttocating near, auu luu..,. , -ir 
on which they directed their course toward a part 
island at the farthest distance from the large f^rnace.^^ ,]y 
fires, which still continued to burn, and the boil n„ 
sea, obliged them to make a great circuit, 
which they felt the air about them very hot and J 
Having encompassed the island, and surveyed it c. y 
from an adjacent one. they judged 
feet above the sea, about a mile broad, and five mile^f 
cumference; but, notbeing thoroughly satisfied they r y 
to make an attempt at landing, and accordmgj .,iii 
ill'! 
to make an attempi ar lunrm.!,, _ o , 
toward that part of the island where they perceived 
fire nor smoke. When, however, they had 
within the distance of a hundred yanU, t)l«, 
discharged itself with us usual tiny, and the ^ 
upon them so dense a smoke, and so heavy a sh 
ashes that they were obliged to abandon thur j|,r 
asnes, umu v* .r ^ ^ let doWU A 
Having retired somewhat turther, they 
sauumuK ^ 
but it was too short to reach the bottom. 
On theh ’ 
^:Ts::n^?^'ti:^y:;b;^ 
to Santonin, tney uusc.v,.,. — , 
melted the greater part ot the pitch employed 
their boat, which had now become very leaky. ^ 
From that time until tliJe 15th ot 
smoke, and noises continued, but not in so great a j f 
and it appears that for several years alter the lua^ / 
increased, but that the fire and subterraneous no. ^ 
much abated. The most recent account we ha ,f|l 
•• • ' ■ U a late traveller who, . t' 
enabled to collect, is that of a late traveller who. 
io,! 
enabled to collect, tt.a, t, 
p»e,l ,hi. t ; '■ S'SV 
cultivated. It had then long ceased to burn. 
