Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 256
d an elevation of 200 feet, and was about three miles incircumference, having a circular basin full of hot water, of a din-gy red color. The eruption continued with great violence nearlya month, and the island attained its greatest dimensions aboutthe 4th of August, after which it began to decrease… … by M. Joinville, who visited this island in September 1831. Ithas now entirely disappeared, and a dangerous shoal remainsabout eleven feet .under water. This is not the only volcanic islandof recent formation, for in the year 1812, off the coast of St.Miclicels one of the Azores, an immense volume…
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