I remember having been much struck when viewing volcanic islands, which have been worn by the waves and pared all round into perpendicular cliffs of one or two thousand feet in height; for the gentle slope of the lava-streams, due to their formerly liquid state, showed at a glance how far the hard, rocky beds had once extended into the open ocean.
Gogoratzen dut zirrara handia sentitu nuela irla bolkanikoak uhinek janik eta inguru guztian ebakirik ikustean, mila edo bi mila oin altuko labar zutak eratuz; izan ere, laba-korronteen malda leun samarrak, hasieran laba likidoa izaki, lehen ikusian konturatzeko moduan erakusten zuen harri-geruza gogorrak noraino hedatu ziren itsaso zabalean.