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rior part of Felicnda — GhiJJ'cs, pnmkes^ 

 iufas^ and pu%%olanas fcattered over the 

 ijlatid — Fu%%olanas and pumices employed 

 by the inhabit a7its ofFelicuda in hull ding — ■ 

 The fuhjlances of ivbich the ifland is com- 

 pofed entirely volcanic ^ except a piece of 

 granite^ vohich appears to be natural — 

 Reflexions on this rock. 



r yet remains to fpeak of Felicuda and 

 Alicuda, the two extreme iflands of thofe 

 of Lipari towards the weft ; and I fliall the 

 more willingly undertake the defcription of 

 them, as they have not, to my knowledge, 

 been vifited, at leaft defcribed, by^any other 

 naturalift ; M. Dolomieu, who was moft 

 capable of examining them, having only 

 feen them at a diftance, as to have touched 

 at them would have led him too far from 

 his intended route. 



On the 7th of Odober, in the morning, 

 I fet fail from Lipari for Felicuda, diftant 

 from the former illand twenty-three miles, 



and 



