 | Edmund Burke - History - 1815 - 858 pages
...natives perished, buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the crevices, or drowned in lakes that were suddenly formed. At the same period,...which continued during eight months, when the volcano cf Guadaloupe threw ont pumice stones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous vapours. This eruption of the... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...natives perished, buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the crevices, or drowned in lakes that were suddenly formed. At the same period,...out pumice stones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous vapours. — This eruption of the 27th of Sept., during which very long-continued subterraneous noises... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1815 - 1026 pages
...natives perished,, buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the crevices, or drowned in lakes that were suddenly formed. At the same period,...out pumice stones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous vapours. This eruption of the 27th of September, during which very long continued subterraneous noises... | |
 | History - 1815 - 822 pages
...natives perished, buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the eravices, or drowned in lakes that were suddenly formed. At the same period,...the inhabitants of the eastern Antilles were alarmed byshocks, which continued during eight months, when the volcano с t Guadeloupe threw out pomice stones,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...natives perished, buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the crevices, or drowned in lakes that were suddenly formed. At the same period,...continued during eight months, when the volcano of ( Juadaloupe threw out pumice stones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous vapors. This eruption of the... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 750 pages
...was followed by a visitation equally destructive, at Cumana, on the 14th of December, the same year. At the same period, the inhabitants of the Eastern Antilles were alarmed by shocks which continued eight months ; and the volcano of Gnadaloupe threw out pumice stones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...natives perished buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the crevices, or drowned in lakes that were suddenly formed. At the same period,...Antilles were alarmed by shocks, which continued during ei^ht months, when the volcano of Guadeloupe threw out pumice-stone*, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1852 - 544 pages
...of the province of Quito suffered such a destructive commotion, that near 40,000 natives perished. At the same period the inhabitants of the eastern...eight months, when the volcano of Guadaloupe threw out pumicestones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous vapours. The eruption of the 27th of September, during... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor - Natural history - 1869 - 412 pages
...soil of the province of Quito suffered such a destructive commotion that near 40,000 natives perished. At the same period the inhabitants of the eastern...eight months, when the volcano of Guadaloupe threw out pumicestones, ashes, and gusts of sulphureous vapours. The eruption of the 27th of September, during... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 420 pages
...soil of the province of Quito suffered such a destructive commotion that near 40,000 natives perished. At the same period the inhabitants of the eastern...continued during eight months, when the volcano of Guadeloupe threw out pumice-stones, ashes and gusts of sulphurous vapors. The eruption of the 27th... | |
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Quito underwent such a destructive commotion, that, notwithstanding the extreme feebleness of the population of that country, near 40,000 natives perished,, buried under the ruins of their houses, swallowed up in the crevices, or drowned in lakes that... 
