 | William Nicholson - 1812 - 860 pages
...part of the * f>eninsnl» island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broke into the ^ai^uuud. crater in two places, as the east side of the small stream was bounded by a precipice, a clift' between twenty and thirty feet high forming a peninsula of about the same dimensions in width,... | |
 | 1813 - 818 pages
...at high water. This stream, close to the edge of tlic sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out again immediately. It appeared evident, by ihe formation of this part of the island, that the sea bad, during the eruptions, broke into the crater... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 590 pages
...again at high water. This stream, close to the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out again immediately....peninsula of about the same dimensions in width, and from liny to sixty feet long, connected with the other part of the island by a narrow ridge of cinders aud... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pages
...the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out immediately. It appeared evident, by the formation...the island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broken into the crater in two places, as the cast side of the small stream was bounded by a precipice,... | |
 | 1819 - 382 pages
...the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out immediately. It appeared evident, by the formation...the island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broken into thecraterin two places, as the east side of the small stream was bounded by a precipice,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...again at high water. This stream, close to the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out again immediately....the island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broken into the crater in two places, as the east side of the small stream was bounded by a precipice... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...again at high water. This stream, close to the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out again immediately....the island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broken into the crater ш two places, a» the е:ь1 side of the small stream was bounded by a precipice,... | |
 | 1834 - 506 pages
...the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out immediately. It appeared evident, by the formation...the island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broken into the crater in two places, as the east side of the small stream was bounded by a precipice,... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - 426 pages
...again at high water. This stream, close to the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out again immediately....of the small stream was bounded by a precipice, a did' between twenty and thirty feet high forming a peninsula of about the same dimensions in width,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 854 pages
...again at high water. This stream, close to the edge of the sea, was so hot, as only to admit the finger to be dipped suddenly in, and taken out again immediately....the formation of this part of the island, that the 213 sea had, during the eruptions, broken into the crater in two places, as the east side of the small... | |
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It was filled with water, at that time boiling, and was emptying itself into the sea by a small stream about six yards over, and by which 1 should suppose it was continually filled again at high water. This stream, close to the edge of the sea, was so... 
