"The matter? Look at those quaking walls! look at those shivering rocks. Don't you feel the burning heat? Don't you see how the water boils and bubbles? Are you blind to the dense vapours and steam growing thicker and denser every minute? See this agitated compass needle. It is an earthquake that is threatening us."
"Wat mij scheelt? zie die muren die schudden; dat vaste gesteente dat scheurt; die verzengende hitte, dat kokende water, die dampen, die al dikker en dikker worden, die gekke naald, alle kenteekenen van eene aardbeving."