For, if the town intended to be destroyed should have in it any tall rocks, as it generally falls out in the larger cities, a situation probably chosen at first with a view to prevent such a catastrophe; or if it abound in high spires, or pillars of stone, a sudden fall might endanger the bottom or under surface of the island, which, although it consist, as I have said, of one entire adamant, two hundred yards thick, might happen to crack by too great a shock, or burst by approaching too near the fires from the houses below, as the backs, both of iron and stone, will often do in our chimneys.
Izan ere, desegin beharreko hiriak harkaitz alturik balu, hiririk handienetan gertatu ohi den bezala (agian hasieratik aukeratuko zuten kokaleku hori horrelako hondamendiak eragoztearren), edo xapitel edo harrizko zutabe asko balitu, bat-bateko jaitsierak irlaren oinarri edo azpialdea hondatuko luke, zeren eta, esan dudan bezala, ehun eta laurogei metroko lodiera duen diamantezko osoki bat izan arren, gerta bailiteke tupusteko handiegiz apurtzea, edo beheko etxeetako sutara gehiegi hurbildu eta lehertzea, gure tximinietako sugibel-harriaz sarri gertatu ohi den bezala.