The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

A Few Volano.

The following particulars are extracted front
private letter dated Santorino, Feb. 1 :
" Persuaded you will be pleased to be informed
of the phenomena that are occurring in this island,
I here begin to relate them in form of a journal. "
The day before yesterday it was observed 9t
Nea Kameni, at the place called Volcano or Ca-
langa (creek or cove), where vessels go to de°
their copper, and where there are some 25 1101:
not occupied at this season of the year, that t'i;
newly-made wharf on the shore of the sea tll_3l
washes the two islands (Nea and Mikio Kagle;wi
was cracked, and yesterday two or three of these
houses sunk a little in the sea, nearly all tilde
others, the hills in different places, and the groin'
being all cracked, without earthquake or ettr
signs that usually occur in such cases, onlY the
water of the cove boiled ; but to-day, about:
a.m., four or five flames of fire appeared and s-
appeared in a short space of time, and the fog '4:l-
the cove boiled more violently than yesterday, r
much coloured matter was scattered all over
the bay, and the ground shook, only at differeot
times of the day. But the most curious thing
.11'4
that two or three lakes of fresh water were formed'
and towards about 4 p.m. one or two very sight
shocks of earthquake were felt in this island (Stilv
torino.)
" Feb. 2.—The same boiling, coloured raatterci
sinking down of houses continued also this dah $ll
at about from 6 to 7 p.m. fire appeared in that plate
,
and island, but the water of the before-Ine'er
tioned lakes became salt water. The weatb
m
yesterday and to-day was like spring, and net Iht
those of the season of the year ; calm and slig,
wind from the north, and to-day from the south
west.
4. all
" Feb. 3. —Smoke issued from different par's ea
the day, the boiling (a coloured matter) contilla
as above, and the wind W.S.W.
smoke
" Feb. 4.—Matter issued forth with dense sin
all day, and began to form a hillock in the watertb oe
the cove with block stones, joining, itself wit'
cep
e
two parts of the island on the north and west °'
hillock ; and about 7 p.m. fire, as from a farnac
issued from the said hillock, but after about hal, or
hour the flames appeared and disappeared twice
of
thrice in a short space of time on the new sh°r e
nd
the sea that washes the two islands (Nea light
Mikio Kameni). Fine weather and yell'

S.W. wind.
" Feb. s—Dense smoke continues, the ilill°,6ht
lenghtens, widens, and rises higher ; the sea °f
cove began to boil most furiously, and the pro lice
tory of the cove called Calloyoros sank clown
or six metres, and at the same time as yester%
evening the same flames appeared, but only 011)

hillock.
8
" Behind the said island ( o
Nea Kameni), neartii,i
cove of St. George (on the west aide of N I—of
meni), the sea also began to boil, and the shof,e. 0
the sea that washes the two islands (Nea and 31-'

Kameni) sank lower. vew
" Feb. 6—The same smoke and fire in the e
.
ing as yesterday, and the hillock continues its oPre'
rations. The sea, too, boils beyond the cove In°
than yesterday. Wog
Feb. 7—lt is 1 p.m. that I write, but not Wog
extraordinary has yet happened, only the row
scribed phenomena, and the hillock, or la
probably by to-morrow increase as far thee
trance to the cove, and be joined with its sides'