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qf which defcends to the fouth ; and, at 

 about half way up, joins another mountain. 

 The fecond of thefe ridges has its direction 

 to the eaft, and the third to the weft. From 

 this fummit I had a complete view of Fdi- 

 cuda, and looked round me with attention 

 to fee if I could difcover the figns of any 

 other crater. 1 thought I could difcern the 

 veftiges of one to the fouth-eaft, and, after- 

 wards, repairing to the foot, was more con- 

 firmed in my opinion. I found a hill, 

 about half as hio;h as the mountain already 

 defcribed, and about two miles in circuit. It 

 is ifolated on every fide, and has the figure 

 of a broken cone, truncated at the top, 

 where it finks into a cavity growing nar- 

 rower towards the bottom, which appears 

 to be the relics of an ancient crater. Scat- 

 tered pieces of various lavas, half-buried in 

 an earthy tufa, occupy the cavity of this 

 hill, and its external fides are formed of a 

 number of currents of lavas. 



Except thefe two craters, of the laft of 

 which I have expreifed myfelf with fome 



doubt, 



