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loss in the valley Of Chiilo alone is est
mated At over two millions of dollars. and
the loss in other sections 10 equally great
1t is likewise calculated that the number
Of the dead exceeds one thousand. Al
though the surroundings of Quito have
been laid waste, the city itself suffered
only from rain of ashes and complete
which began on the 26th of
June, at three in the afternoon. At Ma
chache and other places the night lasted
for thirty consecutive hours. In the
midst of this Opaque gloom one could
hear the believing of the cattle and the
cries Of other animals who, deprived of
their usual food by the shower of
ashes, sought, in species of frenzy, for
the means Of satisfying their hunger.
Other beasts, frantic with terror,
careered hither and thither as if in des.
pair, and the piteous bowling Of the
dogs pierced the air with its ominous
sound. In Quito the darkness was as
that Of night; it was like that described
by the younger Pliny in letter to Taci.
tus, in which he relates the eruption of
Vesuvius, and the destruction Of Pom
peii. ut was" he says, "as if the lights
in room had been extinguished." At
Quito the shower at first was of coarse,
heavy sand, which subsequently turned
into ashes so fine and impalpable that
they penetrated not only into apart
ments, but into the most carefully closed
In the depth of the dark.
ness men and women, Drawing the rain
of ashes, sailed forth into the streets,
themselves with umbrellas and
lighting their way with lanterns, and all
the while these strange apparitions rent
The air with their cries and prayers for
mercy. The umbrellas, - we'll as the |
green ye-glasses used here on journeys,
we're no superfuous precaution, although
they afforded but scant protection against
the subtle power, which it was remem-
bered had in many cases produced blind
ness during the eruption Of 1S43, and the
rain of ashes of thirty hours that attend
ed it.
From the outset the people had unan-
imously ascribed the disaster to chas-
of heaven, brought down by the
irreligion of the Government, which had
closed the churches and de-
prived the people of those spiritual con-
solutions that were made doubly neces-
sary by the sad condition of things in
general. Tue idea of a Divine punish
ment spread like wild-ire, and as the
tempest ragged more wildly this convic-
ton gathered intensity, until at last
groups of men, without q leader, without
any concerted plan, aud without arms,
threw themselves upon the guard at the
military hospital, while Others attacked
the guard stationed at the powder-msga.
zine on the hill of Javirs. There were
but few troops in the garrison, the
greater part having been sent to suppress
the Instruction 10 Imbsburs; but the
sssailsnts, lacking arms and direction,
were promptly overpowered, with no fur
ther los than that Of two soldiers and
two citizens. On the day following, be-
fore the city had recovered from its con-
ss~rnatioa, and while cloods e ashes
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