uake at Santorin.

"On the 23d, at sun-rise, there was seen between the great and
little Rameni (two small islands) an object that was taken for
the hull of a shipwrecked vessel. Some sailors proceeded to the
spot, and on their return reported, to the great surprise of
the whole population, that it was a rock that had risen from
the waves. In this spot the sea had formerly a depth of from
400 to 500 feet.

"On the 24th, many persons visited the new island, and
collected upon its surface large oysters that had not ceased to
adhere to the rock. The island was seen sensibly to increase in
size.

"From the 23d May until the 13th or 14th June, the island
gradually increased in extent and elevation, without agitation
and without noise. On the 13th June it might be about half a
mile in circuit, and from 20 to 25 feet in height. Neither
flame nor smoke had issued from it.

"From the first appearance of the island, the water near its
shores had been troubled; on the 15th June it became almost
boiling.

"On the 16th, seventeen or eighteen black rocks rose from the
sea between the new island and the little Rameni.

"On the 17th they had considerably increased in height.

"On the 18th smoke arose from them, and great subterranean
noises were heard for the first time.

"On the 19th all the black rocks had united and formed a
continuous island, totally distinct from the first; flames,
columns of ashes, and red-hot stones arose from it.

"The volcanic phenomena still continued on the 23d May 1708.
The black island, a year after its appearance, was five miles
in circuit, a mile in breadth, and more than 200 feet in
height.

"On the 19th November 1822, at a quarter past ten in the
evening, the cities of Valparaiso, Melipilla, Quillota, and
Casa Blanca, in Chili, were destroyed by a terrible earthquake
that lasted three minutes. The following day several observers
discovered that the coast, for an extent of thirty leagues, had
been visibly elevated, for upon a coast where the tide never
rises higher than five or six feet, any rise in the land is
easily detected.

"At Valparaiso, near the mouth of the Coucon, and to the north
of Quintero, rocks were seen in the sea, near the bank, that no
person had before perceived.