ruption of the long dormant volcano of
the Pelee Mountain, Martinique. Aug. 17. Hurricane at St. Thomas,
etc.; earthquake at Jamaica, etc.

"1852, April 14. Earthquake at Hawaii, and on the 15th a great
volcanic eruption. On the 18th _a gale of unusual violence_ lasted
thirty-six hours, and did great damage."--(The Polynesian, April 22,
1852.)

3d. In volcanic regions, earthquakes and hurricanes often occur
almost simultaneously, but in no certain order, and without any
volcanic eruption being observed.

In 1712, 1722, 1815, and 1851, earthquakes and hurricanes occurred
together at Jamaica; in 1762 at Carthagena; in 1780 at Barbadoes; in
1811 at Charleston; in 1847 at Tobago; in 1837 and 1848 at Antigua;
in 1819, an awful storm at Montreal, rain of a dark inky color, and a
slight earthquake. People conjectured that a volcano had broken out.
In 1766 the great Martinique hurricane, a _waterspout_ burst on Mount
Pelee and overwhelmed the place. Same night, an earthquake.

1843, Oct. 30. Manilla.--Twenty four hours' rain and two heavy
earthquakes. 10 P.M., a severe hurricane.

"1852, Sept. 16. Manilla--An earthquake destroyed a great part of the
city; many vessels wrecked by a great hurricane in the adjacent seas,
between the 18th and 26th of September."--(Singapore Times.)

"1731, Oct. Calcutta.--Furious hurricane and violent earthquake;
300,000 lives lost."

"1618, May 26. Bombay.--Hurricane and earthquakes; 2,000 lives
lost."--(Madras Lit. Tran., 1837.)

"1800. Ongole, India, and in 1815, at Ceylon, a hurricane and
earthquake shocks."--(Piddington.)

"1348. Cyprus.--An earthquake and a frightful hurricane."--(Hecker.)

"1819. Bagdad.--An earthquake and _a storm_--an event quite
unprecedented.

"1820, Dec. Zante.--Great earthquake and hurricane, with
manifestations of a submarine eruption."--(Edinburg Phil. Journal.)

"1831, Dec. Navigator's Islands.--Hurricane and
earthquakes."--(Williams' Missionary Enterprise.)

"1848, Oct., Nov. New Zealand.--Succession of earthquake shocks, and
several tempests.

"1836, Oct. At Valparaiso, a destructive tempest and severe
earthquakes."--(Nautical Magazine, 1848.)

When an earthquake of excessive intensity occurs, as at Lisbon, in
1755, the volcanic craters, which act as