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59. ^ggs preserved 300 years.-^ln the wall of a chapel near 
the Lago Maggiore, built more than 300 years ago, three eggs, 
imbedded in the mortar of the wall, were found to be quite 
fresh. It has long been known that bird’s eggs brought from 
America or India, covered with a film of wax, have been hatch- 
ed in Europe after the wax had been dissolved by alcohol. 
60. Fatal Accident from the fumes (f Iron Cement. — In No- 
vember last, a smith at Maidstone, was repairing the inside of 
the boiler of a steam-engine, and in joining two pieces of iron, 
he made use of a cement composed of sal-ammoniac, sulphury 
and iron-turnings, which produced such a quantity of fumes, 
that he was suffocated in a few moments. His assistant being 
at work on the outside, and hearing a struggling noise within, 
got through the opening at the top of the boiler, and while de- 
scending to his master’s assistance, inhaled the fumes, and fell 
to the bottom. A workman attempted twice to descend to his 
assistance, but he was so powerfully affected by the effluvia, 
that he was obliged to desist. A large quantity of water having 
been thrown into the boiler, the bodies were brought out. 
The master was quite dead ; and his assistant, though he ex- 
hibited some appearance of life when taken out, died next mor- 
ning. — Technical Repository^ No. I. p. 77. 
61. Volcano in the Island of Banda. — An eruption from the 
Volcano in the Island of Banda took place on the 11th June 1820. 
It commenced with a thick volume of smoke, accompanied with a 
dreadful noise like thunder, and then ejected stones with great 
force and noise. At night the spectacle became truly awful, and 
it appeared like a pile of fire. Earthquakes, and thunder and 
lightning were so frequent, that the inhabitants fled in all di- 
rections. After fourteen days the eruption subsided, and the 
inhabitants returned to their homes, although flame and much 
smoke are still discharged from the mountain. 
62. Earthquake at .Celebes. — On the 29th of December 1820, 
a destructive earthquake took place on the south coast of the 
Island of Celebes. At Boelaskomba, where it did great damage, 
the sea rose several times to a prodigious height, and then 
quickly falling again, it thus alternately deluged and left the 
coast. All the plantations from Bontain to Boelaekoraba were 
