jjlojf COBXL RBEF3 AND ISLANDS. 33J 
f. all the inhabitants escaped. When 
'•r^ CQh .*^'^sided, tlie moss also ceased to flow j but two 
C’ streams continued to run from the heart 
i], Wace '^?‘''‘®d away some pieces of mossy matter t* 
t|5'ly 11 , "'were it burst. They tlieii joined the beck. 
ell "^‘oiied, "'I'ich, with this addition, resumed its 
:ii( V ilij'"®'; ^nd, with a little assistance from the peo- 
iii.*gli "6'ghbourhood, made its way to thei Esk, 
I'se of fliat body of moss which obstructed 
■*^l'us, ill a great measure drained, tlie new 
v! ‘'“1 feet, when the fair weatlier came on at 
\^dy '^''fimber, and settled in a firmer and more 
lauds it had overrun. By this inunda- 
^ hundred acres of arable ground were over- 
v'y-sevp'^'^ the nioss stopped, and the habitations of 
hiinilies destroyed. 
\r ‘*t ;u preserved the memory of a similar inun- 
its cGun 
Sal 
-t til 
part of North Britain. At Monteith 
se in one night, and covered a great 
There is also an account in the Philo- 
a moving moss near Churchtown, 
rj ’ "'V"=h greatly alarmed the neighbourhood. 
S^'^Sardeda^a^;-;^,; 
The moss 
tlig^^'^Prising height, and soon after to sink a< 
tnoving slowly towards the south. 
ghbourhood, 
was observed 
k as much 
\ iiUEVs and isl.ands. 
Na?* "ata surprising produc- 
> Oil which are named xitopkUes, or plant- 
>‘twep^^'‘'°t'tit of their liUlng up an intermediate 
uf animal and vegetable 
X ’■his curious substance 
id.*'‘'S uf animal and vegetable kingdoms; and 
“fi. '®ni this curious substance will be distinctly 
" the mean lime, the production of coral 
■ presents otie of those geological changes, 
eartlPs 
S' 
?'Vi 
* '>1: 
Sr „ 
fcd *hi 
Co,'’®"' 
surface has been modified, and has 
Recession from tire sea. 
ly iiir^’' foundation of the clusters of islands dis- 
tll^'tdf'® bel ’^‘'^figators in the Pacific ocean, as well 
'-f'Jtii, 
Ml, 
to New South Wales, is evidently 
irnniense reefs of which shoot out in 
'•eh ^here is every reason to believe that the 
occasionally raised by the tremendous 
traiieous volcanoes, do not bear any pro- 
