[99] The following are the sources from which we have chiefly derived our information regarding the Peruvian Earthquake of 1868: (1) a series of letters written upon the scene of the catastrophe, and published in The Times of September 26, 1868; amongst them is one from the British Vice-consul, and one from the agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, who were both at the time residents of Arica: (2) a letter of Mr. Clements Markham in The Times of September 15, 1868: (3) Captain Powell’s Report to the Admiralty, dated September 14, 1868.
[100] Lyell, Principles of Geology, vol. ii., p. 176.
[101] Id. ib.
[102] Letter from C. Hullmandel, Esq.; see Mantell, Wonders of Geology, Appendix G., p. 470. For a full and elaborate disquisition on the Temple of Jupiter Serapis, see also Lyell, Principles of Geology, vol. ii., chap. xxv.
[103] Lyell, Principles of Geology, vol. ii., chap. xxxi.
[104] Ibid.
[105] On a Piece of Chalk: A Lecture to Working Men.
[106] Genesis, v. 3-32.
[107] Ib., xi. 10-26.
[108] Ib., v. 3-9.