g4 Volcanois. 



The planet is approaching the sun, and will not pass.il* 

 perihelion till the 13th of February. This circumstance 

 affords some hope that we shall still be able to observe it. I 

 have therefore thought it might be useful and agreeable to 

 astronomers to give the following ephemcrides with the new 

 elements : 



ILlcments, 



Naples, Nov. 24, i?04. 

 Last night Vesuvius, which had been pretty tranquil for 

 some weeks, suddenly began to excite attention. A smart 

 shock of an earthquake was first felt : a column of flame 

 of an astonishing height then issued from the crater j 

 and this was followed by an abundant discharge of lava, 

 which in three hours flowed beyond the boundaries to which 

 that thrown up by the volcano three months ago had pro- 

 ceeded. The inhabitants of the mountain were thrown into 

 the utmost consternation, and most of them fled with what- 

 ever they could carry with thcni. The greatest danger seemed 

 to threaten the town of Torre del Greco, for the current of 

 Java ran directly towards it; but it has not yet reached it : 

 and this day the discharge of the lava has perceptibly de- 

 creased. The court is now at i'ortici, an elegant seat be- 

 longing to the king at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, and is 

 resolved to remain there unless the danger becomes greater. 



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