And then the Vapour generated by the Explosion, expiring through the
Pores of the Earth, feels hot and suffocates, and makes Tempests and
Hurricanes, and sometimes causes the Land to slide, or the Sea to boil,
and carries up the Water thereof in Drops, which by their weight fall
down again in Spouts. Also some sulphureous Steams, at all times when
the Earth is dry, ascending into the Air, ferment there with nitrous