CHAPTER XVI.

SUBTERRANEAN HEAT--ITS POWERS ILLUSTRATED BY

EARTHQUAKES.

Earthquakes and Volcanos proceed from the same common Cause--Recent

Earthquakes in New Zealand--Vast Tracts of Land

permanently upraised--Earthquakes of Chili in the present Century

--Crust of the Earth elevated--Earthquake of Cutch in

India, 1819--Remarkable Instance of Subsidence and Upheaval--Earthquake

of Calabria, 1783--Earthquake of Lisbon, 1755--Great

Destruction of Life and Property--Earthquake of Peru,

August, 1868--General Scene of Ruin and Devastation--Great

Sea Wave--A Ship with all her Crew carried a Quarter of a

Mile inland--Frequency of Earthquakes, 258

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