The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-26

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was standing Quick a. Thought ! glanced
upward. thc heavens were black with stones
aIIl a thousand lilLiaiugs dashed among ll.el.A
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nc.- Of Thought too wa, rushing ,lovu the
side. reaching tue huiinm ~ tl,o same instant
with my companion aud Justin time to escape
lh" stones, which Gll in wttlug torrent.
where We had stood q moment hciprr ncrd
not say that in spite of spring cactu.c. and
'a'gsed-l.'l- "f lssss- 'er,.t,,,, lr,r,, ir,rut
ting . rcspcctahlc aud .1tr distance hctvccn
.us ard the nmiug Object of00r c1Tjo7'y.
lh" eruption lasted f.rurail, au hnurintrr.
-pcr'od With lull., like hong breathing Tho
noise n. tho, OF uuumrnhc Na.t-Grpoto.
u iuiDuprr1iuu. and tho mr. Wa. tilted with
projected and falling -iouc-. The ,uh,ilcnrc
was almost as sudden a. lho outur.i. aud We
waited -c,'Al h1ur n N6u inf molhorcrup.
lion,
From th1, rerio' until I I'm Crntral
America. ana mot aware tllf thrrr. occurred
mnrr th!u one eruption. and thar au th. op.
cn,ion ot thr falling oi. 'hc Gi-t considerable
shower of i~ir, ur. think. tlc 2s,h ..r A..
lrs '7,.. r t-..-.- r.-. 49,. '....' s.''s'-'- q
pr"wh. were p''"'''' vow ''' l"'''.'"'
ihcW-rl''' amt the CONE. surrounding '''"
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stones 'u''~p.rrl through large '"'huu''
of ashes and srnn1rr"us ~'ud' Alternating
With D"d- ot Lawn
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cauir conc, hp'cJccn i"rwci in 'h'. manner
10y urIrirtri nrrutnu'r'io''-. Nrt-'lt'' '"'a""'-
w1trt h1vr ~fr'vr'-''i' 'r''''''-' ''''''''' ''''
low and irrcgllaraud dcN"id of m,lmhgrr-
marhahlc in their appearance. Such is the .
Nolcauo Of Colcauina in Nicaragun. th" O. .
ruption of which in lSi5 was one ot the most .
tcrrihlo ON record
GA the morning of the 2Dih of January of .
that year, several loud explosions were hrard .
for radius of hundred leagues around this
v7tr1rr ttr'ir7~rri~ tvt'rrrrir'.- ''''- '''A -
black cleud above it, through which dartcd
tongues of flame resembling lRhniug This
cloud gradually spread outward, ohsruring
the sun aud shedding over orcrtihipr vel
l,,,, -ell, light, and at tLr same Time depos-
.iting fine sand, whirh rendered respiration
difficult and painful. This continued for two
davs. the observation becoming more and
more dcnsc, riic saut ratttng m0rr thirikiy7
and the cxplosions becoming louder and more
frcuncnt On the third day the explosions
attained their maximum, and the darkness
'.b.,,,,c ;rtcpsr Sand continued TO fall and
the people deserted their houses, fearing the
roof would yield hcueath the weight. This
sand icl several inches deep at Leon, moro
,l,,.,,- nn ,,;I.s distant II C,II in -.Tamaica