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and 15th of Odober), during which I fuffi- 

 ciently gratified my curiolity, and acquired 

 a fatisfadlory knowledge of the nature of the 

 ifland. The obfervatlon of the ancient Gre- 

 cian philofopher is well known, who having 

 been driven by a tempeft on the coaft- of 

 Rhodes, and with great difficulty reached 

 the land, feeing certain geometrical figm-es- 

 traced in the fands, immediately exclaimed : 

 / perceive the vejliges of me?i : I, in like 

 manner, the moment I fet foot on the fhore 

 of Alicuda and furveyed it, might have 

 exclaimed: I perceive the vejliges of Jire, 

 Thefe were the pumices, glafies, and ena- 

 mels, which prefented themfelves to my 

 view on the fkirts and fides of Alicuda, and 

 which it is unnecefTary particularly to de- 

 fcribe, fmce they entirely refemble thofe of 

 Fellcuda, and are found like them mingled 

 with tufaceous fubftances. 



Of the two days which I allotted to my 

 refearches in Alicuda, 1 fet apart the firft to 

 examine its circumference by fea, the night 



preceding 



