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phur, Brimftone, and hot breathing holes, upon 

 which (as I faid before) I looked down with hor- 

 rour from the Rim or Verge at the top of this Ca- 

 vity. Many of the Rocks on all fides round us 

 were of fuch ftrange uncouth fhapes, as would I 

 am apt to think, have puzzled an expert Geometri- 

 cian to delineate: And beneath thefe monftrous 

 Rocks, were thick Woods quite down to the 

 aforementioned uneven Plain. In fhort^ a Man 

 who would make farther Difcoveries, and give 

 a more accurate defcription of this Place, fliould 

 carry along with him a Tent to fleep in, and fo 

 fpend two or three days there. What alas! fig- 

 nifies a two hours vifit to fuch a Place ? 



30. This Cavity from top to bottom (upon a fe- 

 rious review of it after dinner) could not exceed 

 three hundred yards in perpendicular depth in my 

 own opinion, though the reft of my Companions 

 contended ftrenuoully for more -, and indeed it was 

 meerly to comply with them that I allowed fo 

 much, for it certainly could not pofTibly exceed 

 two hundred and twenty yards : It chagrines me 

 to think that a Traveller muft either forego Truth 

 in fome cafes, or elfe differ with his Company. 

 However, upon maturely weighing the whole 

 ftate of this Mountain, we unanimouily agreed^ 

 that it muft be on fire underneath us, and that 

 this Cavity where we then fate was formerly 

 (perhaps ages ago) occafioned by fome furious 



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