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united, and, joining that which firft arofe 

 from the water, formed one fmgle illand*. 



Another memorable inftance of this di- 

 reftion of volcanic mountains (for illands 

 are in fad only mountains buried in part 

 under water) is the, produdion of feven 

 lefTer mountains by the eruption of Vefu- 

 vius in 1760 ; the account of the formation 

 of v/hlch, as it may throw fome light on 

 that of the Eolian ifles, I fhall here give, 

 from the accurate relation of ProfefTor Bot- 

 tis, an ocular witnefs. 



After repeated concuflions of the earth, 

 which were felt fifteen miles round Vefu- 

 vius, the fides of the fiery mountain opened 

 in the territory of the Torre del Greco, and 

 fifteen volcanos appeared, eight of which 

 were foon after covered by a torrent of lava, 

 which ra(hed from one of them ; the other 

 feven remaining entire, and incefiantly ejed- 

 ing from their mouths vaft quantities of ig- 



* Vallifneri Opcr. fol. t. i\, 



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