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Updated: May 8, 2025
Jorullo Great Monument Jorullo's Estate Interruption to his Quiet His Estate Swells Swallows Two Rivers Throws up Ovens Becomes a Burning Mountain Popocatepetl Spanish Ascents Orizaba Muller's Ascent Morne-Garou Pelee -La Soufriere What a fortunate man was Mr. Jorullo!
Jorullo's monument, too, is far bigger than the pyramid of Cheops being nearly four times the height, and occupying a much larger extent of ground. Whether it will last as long as the pyramid has done, time only can show. You would doubtless like to know how this great monument was reared.
This gentleman's prosperity continued without interruption till the month of June 1759, when, to the great alarm of his servants dwelling on the estate, strange underground rumblings were heard, accompanied by frequent shakings of the ground. These continued for nearly two months; but at the end of that time all became quiet again, and Mr. Jorullo's servants slept in fancied security.
The foregoing woodcut gives a view of this volcano, and of the little steaming ovens which stud the whole ground around it, giving it at a distance the appearance of the sea in a storm. And now confess that Mr. Jorullo's monument is far grander than the pyramid of Cheops.
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