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and arrived there in four hours. This 

 illand is not provided with a port; but it has 

 two bays, one on the fouth, and the other 

 on the north-eaft fide, fufficient for the re- 

 ception of.fmall veiTels, and fo fituated, that 

 though the wind fliould render the entrance 

 into one of them difFicult, it will be eafy to 

 get into the other : both of them are like- 

 wife kifhciently fheltered by a mountain. 



I landed in the bay on the north-eaft fide, 

 and, in the flrft place, applied myfelf to 

 difcover of what materials the illand was 

 formed ; and foon difcovered inconteftable 

 proofs that it is truly volcanic. Not only 

 is the fhore of this bay lined with lava; but, 

 having in the courfe of the day proceeded 

 farther up on the fouth-eaft fide of the 

 iiland, I found among the earth of fome 

 fields a confiderable quantity of pumices, 

 glafles, and enamels, which produds I fliall 

 feparately defcribe when I come to treat of 

 the internal part of the ifland. 



Being thus fully convinced of the ancient 



exiftence 



