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