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contad with the cold air j unlefs we rather 

 choofe to fuppofe that thefe fiflures were 

 produced, when thefe vitreous bodies, in a 

 frigid ftate, were fuddenly enveloped in the 

 fiery torrent. 



But the celebrated Stoves of Lipari appear 

 to be the objed which moft excites the 

 curiofity of travellers ; I could not, there- 

 fore, omit to vifit them. I muft, however, 

 confefs, that the road which led to them 

 afforded me more inftrudive obje(^s than 

 the ftoves themfelves. 



Thefe ftoves He to the weft of the city, 

 at the diftance of four miles, and fomewhat 

 beyond the fummit of a mountain, w^hich, 

 after thofe of San Angelo and della Guar- 

 dia, is one of the higheft in the ifland. The 

 road I went was that which leads immedi- 

 ately from the city to the ftoves, and the 

 only one which can be travelled without 

 great difficulty. It is in a great degree the 

 ^ork of rain waters, which have made a 

 deep excavation in an immenfe mafs of 



tufa. 



