Cyrus Harding felt the volcanic tufa with which the plain was strewn, and which was but pulverized cinders hardened into solid blocks by time, tremble beneath him, but he could discover no traces of fresh lava.
Cyrus Smith sentait frémir ces tufs volcaniques dont la plaine était semée, et qui n'étaient que des cendres pulvérulentes dont le temps avait fait des blocs durs, mais il ne vit encore aucune trace de laves nouvelles.