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doubt, I know not of any throughout the 

 whole ifland ; as I fhall not venture pod- 

 tively to confider as fuch a number of cavi- 

 ties, hollows and caverns which we meet 

 with in various places, fuch appearances not 

 being fufEclent to chara^fterife a volcanic 

 mouth. 



The principal lavas of the fhore of Feli- 

 cuda have already been defcribed fmgly : it 

 is now neceffary to fpecify thofe which form 

 the internal and more elevated parts of the 

 ifland. Thefe, as far as I was able to difco- 

 ver, during the ftay of five days which I 

 made there, may be reduced to three kinds, 

 if we omit thofe which are merely va- 

 rieties. 



The bafe of the firft is a horn-ftone of a 

 colour between a black and a grey, of a frac- 

 ture evidently brilliant, without any appear- 

 ance of pores, and which gives fparks copi- 

 oufly with fteel. The pieces into which it 

 breaks have no determinate form, do not 

 refufe a tolerable polifli, and move the mag- 

 netic 



