The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 183
heground, ashes, mud, and stones were hurled out,and, in a single night, a volcanic mountain 440feet high was thrown up, very near the town. Itsfires speedily died out; the Italians call it MonteNuovo, or the New Mountain. Tremendous eruptions may take place from avolcano without an accompanying… … VOLCANO FORMED ON SENOR JORULLO S PLANTATION, MEXICO, IN 1759. MARVELS OF EARTH AND OCEAN 169 are formed, which extend in every direction, dis-turbing the whole surface of the pond. If any-thing- is floating on the water, as, for instance, achip, when the wave reaches the object, it risesand falls…
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