. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ,t^ Aest 01 Greenwich 89° Sr"e: 1) to 50 Fathoms. Denth'. 50 to 100 Falhoms. 100 Fathoms and upwards. 3 Miles. whereby a subsidence of eight feet was effected in three hours. In 54 days there was a total fall of 35 feet, the volume discharged being estimated at over 20,320 million cubic feet. The noxious vapours which at first accompanied these convul- sions were followed by discharges of lava, and islets composed of eruptive matter rose gradually above the surface of the seething waters. But when all was over nothing remained except an island of hard
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ,t^ Aest 01 Greenwich 89° Sr"e: 1) to 50 Fathoms. Denth'. 50 to 100 Falhoms. 100 Fathoms and upwards. 3 Miles. whereby a subsidence of eight feet was effected in three hours. In 54 days there was a total fall of 35 feet, the volume discharged being estimated at over 20,320 million cubic feet. The noxious vapours which at first accompanied these convul- sions were followed by discharges of lava, and islets composed of eruptive matter rose gradually above the surface of the seething waters. But when all was over nothing remained except an island of hard lava 160 feet high, in the immediate vicinity of which the sounding-line revealed a depth of over 100 fathoms. During the eruption the geologist Goodyear recorded no less than 440 violent shocks.
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