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—The appearance of a true crater found 

 07ily at the fa?nmit — Lavas in the interior 

 part f the ifand fimilar to thofe of the 

 fhores — Improbability that F'elicuda and 

 Alicuda once formed afngle conical moun^ 

 tain^ the fide of ivhich has been opened and 

 feparated by the fea^ as M, Dolomieu has 

 fuppofed — Reafons for believing that each 

 was originally a fcparate ifand — Thefe 

 two iflands no longer manifef any fgns of 

 adlual fire — The filence of the ancients re- 

 lative to their fiery eruptions^ a proof that 

 they mufi have long ceafed to burn. 



N the 1 3th of October, at fun-rife, I left 

 Fellcuda, in a fmall bark, with four rowers, 

 which was fleered by the parifh-priefl of 

 FeUcuda, who had the character of a fliilful 

 feaman. We failed before a moderate eafl- 

 wind : the fKy was clear, the fea fmootb, 

 and we flattered ourfelves we fiiould foou 

 reach the place of our deiiination, as the 

 diftance between thefe two fmall iflands Is 

 not more than ten miles. But fcarcely were 

 we half way, when the wind began to in- 



creafe 



