Mount Etna—Its Appearance and Height—Ancient Eruptions—Pindar's Allusion—Virgil's Description—Subordinate Cones and Craters—Caverns—Val de Bove—Formation of Monti Rossi—Eruption of 1852—Whirlwinds—Lava Torrents—Cascades of Lava—Description of Crater—Empedocles—Enceladus—Craters of 1865—Cyclopean Isles—Homer's Legend—Volcanic Origin—Other Basaltic Groups
CHAPTER V.
Lipari Islands—Stromboli—Origin of Name—Position of
Crater—Description of Crater—New Volcanic Island named
Julia—Phenomena preceding its Elevation—Description of Island
and Crater—Its Disappearance—Rise of Islands at Santorin
CHAPTER VI.
Peak of Teneriffe—Its Crater—Eruption of Chahorra—Palma—Great
Caldera—Lancerote—Great Eruption—Sudden Death—Fuego, Cape de
Verde Islands—Cotopaxi—Its Appearance—Great Eruptive
Force—Tunguragua—Great Eruption of Mud and Water—Fish thrown
out—Quito—Its Overthrow—Pichinca—Humboldt's Ascent—Narrow
Escape—Antisana—Sangay—Rancagua—Chillan—Masaya
CHAPTER VII.
Jorullo—Great Monument—Jorullo's Estate—Interruption to his
Quiet—His Estate Swells—Swallows Two Rivers—Throws up
Ovens—Becomes a Burning Mountain—Popocatepetl—Spanish
Ascents—Orizaba —Muller's Ascent—Morne Garou—Pelée—La
Soufriere
CHAPTER VIII.
Hawaii, Sandwich Islands—Crater of Kilauea—Its awful
Aspect—Fiery Lake and Islands—Jets of Lava—Depth of Crater
and Surface of Lake—Bank of Sulphur—Curious Rainbow—Mouna
Kaah and Mouna Loa —Eruption of the Latter in 1840—Recent
Eruption—Great Jet and Torrent of Lava—Burning of the
Forests—Great Whirlwinds—Underground Explosions—Other
Volcanoes in the Pacific