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two rocks, mountains or buildings, which 

 when viewed at a diftance he had imagined 

 to be extremely near to each other, and al- 

 mofl: to touch, are in fad: feparated by an 

 interval of feveral miles. 



The volcanic materials of Felicuda, as 

 has been already feen in the preceding chap- 

 ter, conlift of lavas widi a horn-ftone bafe, 

 fhoerl, and feltfpar ; not to mention pu- 

 mices, tufas, and glafles. The latter three 

 products are likewife found in AUcuda, but 

 the greater part of the lavas have the petro- 

 filex for their bafe. 



Notwithftandlng thefe two Iflands exhi- 

 bit indubitable characters of fire, no figns 

 of it in a ftate of adivity are at prefent to 

 be feen. It may indeed be conjedured 

 that fome remains flill exift in the internal 

 parts of Felicuda, from a warm fpring, 

 emitting the fmell of fulphur, which iflues 

 from the northern fide of a rock, a little 

 above the level of the fea. 



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