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As I walked along I observed that the island was composed of white porous pumice-stone, without the least symptoms of vegetation; not even a piece of moss could I discover--nothing but the bare pumice-stone, with thousands of beautiful green lizards, about ten inches long, playing about in every part.— The Pacha of Many Tales
Do you not observe that there is no mould; that the island is composed entirely of pumice-stone I do," replied I.— The Pacha of Many Tales
Vegetation there was none: the surface of the ground was composed of ashes of pumice, with cascades of black stones, while far below us floated a vast level plain of mist.— My First Voyage to Southern Seas
Scorias, in a state of dust, like powdered pumice-stone, and greyish ashes as small as the finest feculae, were held in suspension in the midst of their thick folds.— The Secret of the Island
"This powdered pumice-stone, all this mineral dust, proves how grave is the convulsion going forward in the lower depths of the volcano But can nothing be done Nothing, except to note the progress of the phenomenon.— The Secret of the Island

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