ATMOSPHERICAL PHENOMENA. Meteors 294 Aerolites 307 Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis 312 Lumen Boreale, or Streaming Lights 314 Luminous Arches 316 Ignes Fatui, or Mock Fires 317 Specter of the Brocken 319 The Mirage 322 Fata Morgana 323 Atmospherical Refraction 324 Parhelia, or Mock Suns 328 Lunar Rainbow 330 Concentric Rainbows 330 Thunder and Lightning 331 Remarkable Thunder-Storms 334 Hail-Storms 338 Hurricanes 339 The Monsoons 341 Whirlwinds and Waterspouts 342 Sounds and Echoes 348 BURIED CITIES. The Yanar, or Perpetual Fire 350 Pompeii 351 The Museum at Naples 360 Herculaneum 362 Pompeii 365 The Museum 375 Herculaneum 379 EARTHQUAKES. Introductory 384 Earthquakes of Ancient Times 389 Earthquake in Calabria 389 The Great Earthquake of 1755 391 Earthquake in Sicily and in the Two Calabrias 401 Earthquakes in Peru 409 Earthquake in Jamaica, 1692 411 Earthquake in Venezuela, 1812 412 CONNECTION OF EARTHQUAKES WITH VOLCANOES. Island of Java 413 BASALTIC AND ROCKY WONDERS. The Giant’s Causeway 417 Basaltic Columns 422