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But it is not the parts alone that are thus 

 found to subside ; whole mountains have been 

 known totally to disappear. Pliny* tells us, that 

 in his own time the lofty mountain of Cybotus, 

 together with the city of Eurites, were swallowed 

 by an earthquake. The same fate, he says, at- 

 tended Phlegium, one of the highest mountains 

 in ^Ethiopia, which, after one night's concussion, 

 was never seen more. In more modern times, a 

 very noted mountain in the Molucca Islands, 

 known by the name of the Peak, and remarkable 

 for being seen at a very great distance from sea, 

 was swallowed by an earthquake ; and nothing 

 but a lake was left in the place where it stood. 

 Thus, while storms and tempests are levelled 

 against mountains above, earthquakes and waters 

 are undermining them below. All our histories 



she found herself greatly recruited ; but she was so much exhausted, that on 

 being lifted into the chaise, she fainted. 



" Mr Okes saw her that day on her way home : he found her hands and 

 arms sodden, but not very cold, and her pulse did not indicate the great 

 debility which might have been expected : her legs were cold, and her feet 

 in a great measure mortified. She was directed to be put into bed without 

 delay, and to take some weak broth occasionally, but no strong liquors, and 

 not to be brought near the fire. Next day she was affected with symptoms 

 of fever ; her pulse was rising, her face was flushed, and her breathing short; 

 occasioned probably by having taken too much food, and being incommoded 

 by the crowd of visitors. Her feet were also in a complete state of morti- 

 fication, her ancles cold and benumbed, and the integuments puffy. Cloths 

 wetted with brandy were applied to her feet, some antifebrile remedies and 

 a little opium were given her. The mortification, however, proceeded, and, 

 on the 17th of March, all her toes were removed, and both ossa calcis were 

 bare in many parts. On the 17th of April, the date of the last report, the 

 sores were free from sloughs, and diminishing daily in size; her appetite 

 was Income tolerably good, and her health was improving. Notwithstand- 

 ing these favourable appearances, we find her death announced in the public 

 prints of September. "Annals of Medicine, 1799.] 



* Plin. lib. ii. cap. 93. 



