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towards the kghi di Pofena under a large rock, 

 called II Cajlello di I'ovo ; as likewife, above thefe 

 laghi in the large weftern vallies, between the 

 Alps of the Communita d'Arciero; in the Man- 

 tagna di Lovegno between S. Rocco and S. Ulderico ; 

 and to the Weft of S. Catharina towards Ena, 

 where the lava is of a black-green colour. It is 

 very common in the Alps near Recoaro. 



Open volcanic craters are, in thefe countries^ 

 found in the Alps (.mont. fecund.) and in the hills 

 (mont. tertiarii.) There are two,, for example, in 

 an hill near the church of Borgo vicariale di Malo, 

 in the Vicentine diftrict ; another in the Veronefe 

 in Valle Pantena, on Monte di fette fongi, or of 

 Ccijlello di Maroftico. A remarkable one is in a 

 calcareous hill, called La Montagna di Lovegno, in 

 the Vicentim diftricl:. It is very large and deep, 

 and of an inverted conical form. The bottom is 

 filled with lava, containing a great quantity of 

 lhattered primitive flate and quartz -, whence its 

 eruption appears to have broken out. On the 

 North it has a large opening, by which the rain 

 and fnow-water runs down into the Torrente di 

 Pofena. The whole country thereabout offers its 

 different lava-torrents and aihes, which cap and 

 cover at prefent almofl every lower hill and plain 

 in the Tretto. Thefe lava's are black, and com- 

 rnonly containing a large quantity of white poly- 

 E 3 gope 



