48 TRAVELS THROUGH 



moft part ftriated and formed like iherl. A clefc 

 of the lava, called le Spejfe, mews at the bottom of 

 a fmall rivulet, which runs in it, an antient fea- 

 ground, rilled with an aftonifhing quantity of 

 Madrepores* Fungites, and a great variety of exotic 

 Ihells. It is pleafing to fee fuch a fingular mixture 

 of marine and volcanic productions. 



At S. Vidoy two miles diflant from Brendola, is 

 an immenfe quantity of Oftrarites. 



At Grancona near Brtrtdola, and on the road next 

 to the villa Figini, are frequently found petrified 

 cchinites, and efpecially the echinus orbiculus (Linn. 

 Syft. p. 666. n. 17. var. 8. or Gualtieri Tejtac. 

 tab. no. fig. B.) in its natural ftate inhabiting 

 the Indian feas There is likewife Serpula Ittmbri- 

 calis (Linn. Syft. nat. p. 787. n. 693.) At one 

 hundred yards diftant from that place, fine Num- 

 mularii, and fome alani 9 which fecm to be unde- 

 fcribed. 



Favorita, ail ifolated hill in the Vicentine dif- 

 trift, has been defcribed by Mr. Arduini in the 

 Giornale d* Italia, who found there fome bones and 

 teeth belonging to a crocodile. 



In the Veronefe is Ronca^ a hill fituated at the 

 Valk del Bufo, and piled up as it were by Nep- 

 tune's and Vulcan's emulations. Their different 

 productions are very diftincl:, but fpeak confufion 

 and devastation. The fuaimit is entirely volcanic, 



without 



