SUBMARINE VOLCANO.
The Thames Advertiser says:—"Captain M'Kenzie, of the schooner "Kenilworth," gives us an interesting account of an extraordinary phenomenon witnessed by all on board that schooner on the 30th April, while the vessel was midway between the islands of Tonga and Haabui, two of the Friendly Group. Early in the morning a fountain of water was seen rising from the sea, accompanied by clouds of steam. As the schooner approached nearer to it its volume was found to be very large. The stream of water was projected into the air to a height of over a hundred feet, and fell over in graceful curves. From the quantity of steam which was evoked it seemed nearly certain that the projected water was boiling. In consequence of this Captain M'Kenzie was. deterred from approaching close to the singular phenomenon. In continued with very little variation at the same height all the time it was in sight. Mariners have noticed that the small islands in this neighbourhood are continually altering in elevation. They are, no doubt, subjected to strong volcanic agency, and the strange spectacle observed by Captain M'Kenzie was probably one of the few instances on record of the visible working of a submarine volcano."
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Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 16, 11 August 1874, Page 206
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204SUBMARINE VOLCANO. Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 16, 11 August 1874, Page 206
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