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SICILY AND MALTA." 33
even in his time, in the beginning of the
-16th century, it still discharged quantities
of sire and of pumice stones; but that
in the preceding century, in the year 1444,
on the 5th of February, there had been
a very great eruption of this issand, which
shook all Sicily, and alarmed the coast of
Italy as far as Naples. He says the sea
boiled all around the illand, and rocks of a
vast size were discharged from the crater;
that fire and smoke in many places pierced
through the waves, and that the navi-
gation amongst these iilands was totally
changed; rocks appearing where it was
formerly deep water; and many of the
straits and mallows were entirely filled up.
He observes, that Aristotle, in his book
on meteors, takes notice of a very early
eruption of this issand, by which not only
the coast of Sicily, but likewise many cities
in Italy were covered with asties. It has
probably been that very eruption which
formed the issand. He describes Strombolo
Vol. I. D to
even in his time, in the beginning of the
-16th century, it still discharged quantities
of sire and of pumice stones; but that
in the preceding century, in the year 1444,
on the 5th of February, there had been
a very great eruption of this issand, which
shook all Sicily, and alarmed the coast of
Italy as far as Naples. He says the sea
boiled all around the illand, and rocks of a
vast size were discharged from the crater;
that fire and smoke in many places pierced
through the waves, and that the navi-
gation amongst these iilands was totally
changed; rocks appearing where it was
formerly deep water; and many of the
straits and mallows were entirely filled up.
He observes, that Aristotle, in his book
on meteors, takes notice of a very early
eruption of this issand, by which not only
the coast of Sicily, but likewise many cities
in Italy were covered with asties. It has
probably been that very eruption which
formed the issand. He describes Strombolo
Vol. I. D to