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Show VOLCANO A WEATHER PROPHET. Its Warnlnn Known to the Ancients Many Centuries Ago. As a natural weather prophet, and Infalltblo at that, tho volcano on tho Island of Vulcano, twelvo miles north of Slcllly in tho Mpdltcrancan, is bo-llved bo-llved to hold tho record. Tho following follow-ing Is from an account of a dinner I given by tho Geographical Council I dub of England In 1893: "CapL Wharton, tho hydrographcr to tho I admiralty, told how he had onco an- H chored In very deep water on tho east side of Vulcano, tho southern- B nost of the Llparl Isles, but that ho had kept up stream, with tho Intention B of being off Immediately If tho wind B changed to tho cast Ho mentioned fl this to an Englishman who lived on fl tho Island uid was lu charge of somo fl borax works. 'But' said tho man, fl 'thero is not tho romotest chanco of H the wind going round to tho cast fl without tho full warning.' 'What H warning?' nsked tho other. 'Obi' waa H the rejoinder, 'tho volcano always fl warns us.' 'The volcanol' said Whar- H ton. 'Yes, tho volcano; a fumnrone" H always omits a whistling sound beforo Bj tho east wind begins to blow.' Shortly H after this Wharton was looking nt H Strabo and, to his astonishment, found K that that writer mentions tho fact. H Tho Englishman had never heard of H Strabo In his llfo. Strabo died as an H old man about A. D. 25, so that this H excellent 'furmarono' must havo been H giving Its warnings woll-nigh 2,000 jfl years at least." J' -rf- " -f- " ', |
