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for ievetal hundred paces, which has becfl 

 broken by the waves in fuch a manner as 

 to form a rock furrounded by the watefj 

 abounding in craggy cliffs and precipices of 

 a fearful height. 



In others the lava defcends perpendlcu-^ 

 larly from the moft elevated fummit of the 

 mountain ) and buries itfelf in the water, fur- 

 rounded on the fides by proje<f!tlng crags, 

 and huge overhanging ftones, which threaten 

 every moment to thunder down into the 

 deep* 



Here the lavas do not form one conti- 

 nued body, but are compofed of detached 

 and loofe globes, particularly dangerous to 

 thofe who may attempt to afcend the moun- 

 tain, as they roll from under and put in mo* 

 tion a great number of others, thus produ- 

 cing a deftru(5tive ftony torrent. Even the 

 large falcons, which frequent the higheft 

 fummits of this ifland, if they chance to 

 alight on thefe heaps of round, loofe ftones, 

 wiU often, as I have myfelf feen, by moving 



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