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About two in the afternoon there was a little earthquake, the noise being heard from the mountains, would have given the people time to save themselves, tho' it had been violent. These earthquakes are so frequent at Acapulco, that the people are…

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Such inundations are very common at the bottom of the Gulph of Mexico, as we learn from the relation which Dampier has given us of the bay of Campeachy, situated in that vicinity.

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Such inundations are very common at the bottom of the Gulph of Mexico, as we learn from the relation which Dampier has given us of the bay of Campeachy, situated in that vicinity.

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Continuing our march, we crossed a hostile country where the natives killed one of our soldiers, and wounded three others. The want of time prevented our punishing them as they deserved. Further on, in Guatimala, they had also manned the passes…

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Such inundations are very common at the bottom of the Gulph of Mexico, as we learn from the relation which Dampier has given us of the bay of Campeachy, situated in that vicinity. Hence I presume that the martinia growing on the inundated shores of…

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Iztaccihuatl, known by the Spaniards under the name of Sierra Nevada, threw out also at sometimes smoke and ashes.

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An express from Acapulco brought the news of the mischief done there by the earthquake on the 25th and 26th of the last month. In Mexico some monasteries were overthrown, and some houses damag'd

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The Popocatepec and Iztaccihuatl, which lay near each other, but thirty-three miles distant from Mexico towards the south-east, are also of a surprising height. Popocatepec, for which the have substituted the name Volcan, has a mouth or vent more…

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About two in the afternoon there was a little earthquake, the noise being heard from the mountains, would have given the people time to save themselves, tho' it had been violent. These earthquakes are so frequent at Acapulco, that the people are…

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An express from Acapulco brought the news of the mischief done there by the earthquake on the 25th and 26th of the last month. In Mexico some monasteries were overthrown, and some houses damag'd.

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But it is often infested with terrible Earth-quakes, impetuous Storms of Wind, violent Thunder and Lightning, and hasty Showers of Rain even in the Summer-Season.

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And it is very remarkable, that the Mountains on the West side of Mexico, are most of them Volcanos from whence Fire and Smoke are perpetually issuing; and this is supposed to be the Occasion of those frequent Earthquakes that happen on this Coast,…

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The Popocatepec and Iztaccihuatl, which lay near each other, but thirty-three miles distant from Mexico towards the south-east, are also of a surprising height. Popocatepec, for which they have substituted the name Volcan, has a mouth or vent more…

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After we came aboard we saw the Volcan of Colima . This is a very high Mountain, in about 18 d 36 m. North, standing five or fix Leagues from the Sea, in the midst of a pleasant Valley. It appears with two sharp Peeks, from each of which there do…

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And it is very remarkable, that the Mountains on the West side of Mexico, are most of them Volcanos from whence Fire and Smoke are perpetually issuing; and this is supposed to be the Occasion of those frequent Earthquakes that happen on this Coast,…

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In Mexico, Mount Popochamepeche, and Mount Popocatepax. There are also some [Burning Mountains] in the West India Islands.

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