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I.—Notes on the Ponza Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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In 1884 I spent about a fortnight investigating the geological structure of these islands, and intended to have to a certain extent completed my studies at that time. Cholera was then raging at Campobasso on the mainland, and the islanders, not comprehending the curious habits of a travelling geologist, supposed I had been sent by the Government to spread the “Cholera Powder,” and requested me to leave the islands by the next steamer. This I naturally for safety's sake did, and opportunities for returning to the locality not having again presented themselves to me, and lest I should forget some of the interesting observations I then made, I think it desirable without further delay to record what I then saw. This is all the more important since my own observations differ considerably from those of the few other observers of the geology of these islands, or include facts which they do not mention in their writings.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1889

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page 530 note 1 See Doelter, , “Carta geologica delle Isole Ponza Palmarola e Zannone,” Roma, 1876Google Scholar.—Memorie per servire alla descrizione della Carta Geologica d'Italia, vol. iii. Parte 1a, 1876.Google Scholar

page 534 note 1 The quantity of these explosive ejectamenta is such that the scoria cone was entirely buried in them, so that its existence is only known by the exposures in the cliff sections. See Figs. 1 and 2.

page 534 note 2 Q. J. G. S. 1884Google Scholar and Proc. R. Dublin Soc. vol. v. 07, 1886;Google Scholar Proc. Geol. Assoc. vol. ix.Google Scholar

page 535 note 1 Iles Ponces, 1788, p. 128.