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might be as many more on the other side of the 

 great volcano. On the 23d of August, in the 

 morning, the island was much higher than the day 

 before, and its breadth was increased by a chain 

 of rocks sprung up in the night almost fifty feet 

 above the water. The sea was also again covered 

 with reddish froth, which always appeared when 

 the island received any considerable additions, and 

 occasioned an intolerable stench, till it was dis- 

 persed by the wind and the motion of the waves. 



" On the 5th of September, the fire opened an- 

 other vent at the extremity of the Black Island, 

 from which it issued for several days, during 

 which but little was discharged from the large fur- 

 nace : and from this new passage the astonished 

 spectators beheld the fire dart up three several 

 times to a vast height, resembling so many prodi- 

 gious sky-rockets of a glowing lively red. The 

 following night the subterraneous fire made a ter- 

 rible noise, and immediately after a thousand 

 sheaves of fire blew up into the air, where, break- 

 ing and dispersing, they fell like a shower of stars 

 upon the island, which appeared all in a blaze, 

 presenting to the amazed spectators at once a 

 most dreadful and beautiful illumination. To 

 these natural fireworks succeeded a kind of meteor, 

 which for some time hung over the castle of Scaro, 

 which is seated on a high rock in the island of 



