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the intention of fowing corn the next 

 fprlng. This hollow is about half a mile 

 in circuit, the fides approach as they de* 

 fcend, and its depth is not more than forty 

 feet. Thefe circumftances fufficiently prove 

 that this was the ancient crater of the vol- 

 cano ; and that, perhaps, or rather without 

 doubt, this was the firft, which, by its 

 eructations, contributed to the formation of 

 Felicuda. 



It is likewife to be obferved, that the ex- 

 ternal part of this crater correfponds to the 

 internal ; that it is a truncated cone ; that 

 its lavas, parting as from a centre, have di- 

 verged like rays down the fides of the 

 mountain, while thofe on the fide towards 

 the north-weft have poured rapidly into the 

 fea. The propofal to fow corn in this hol- 

 low argues that it muft be earthy, as it 

 really is. It is formed of a half pulverulent 

 tufa, under which, however, the lava is 

 difcoverable. 



Three ridges rife on this mountain, one 



of 



