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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE. 



FEB RU ART 17QQ. 



I. Defcription of the Volcano hi the t/land of St. Lucia. By 

 M. Cass an. From New Tranfactions of the Swedifli 

 Academy of Sciences, Vol. XI. 



lVIORE volcanoes are to be found in the Weft India 

 iflands than in any other part of the globe; and from the 

 frequency of earthquakes, the abundance of hot fprings, &c. 

 in thefe iflands, there is reafon to conclude that thofe fub- 

 ftanccs which are the caufe of them ftill exift. On account 

 of the great quantity of fulphur produced by the mountain 

 where this crater is fituated, the name of la Souffriere has 

 been given to it and to the whole adjacent diftridt, The 

 mountain itfelf forms a part of a high ridge, which runs 

 acrofs the whole ifland from north-eaft to fouth-weft, and 

 enclofes the crater like a bafon, which can be reached with- 

 out great difficulty; Thofe who vifit it mud put on thick- 

 foaled hunts, as the earth, before they have got to thediftance 

 of two miles from the town, becomes exceedingly hot ; and 

 they muft carry nothing of metal with them, and particu- 

 larly Giver, becaufe their fplendoris deftroyed by the vapour. 

 The fulphurifed hydrogenous fmcll, which ftill increafes, 

 Vol. III. \i begins 



