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in particular, had nothing disaOTceable or foreio-n in its 



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taste, but on the contrary was quite sweet and jiahitable. 



After our arrival at the cliffy, we looked round for a 

 place of descent. This, in a little time, we found. But, 

 I must confess, I proceeded on with great caution, and some 

 fear j knowing that one false step would bring me to the bot- 

 tom much sooner than I could wish. On one side, we had a 



red, 



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th : on the ot-lier, a bl 



and yellow one, variegated with grey, black, and green 

 spots, and masses of charcoal under our feet. "When we 

 had descended, on looking back, the idea of a volcano struck 

 us at once. In fact, it had all the appearance of having 



blown out but a few days. That it was formerly a volcano, 

 was confirmed by a further examination. Large stones, 

 whose surfaces were vitrified; great numbers of small ones, 

 cemented together by melted sand, and also cinders were 

 to be seen in many places. A black, sooty, powder, simi- 

 lar to lamp blacky and made use of bj painters to serve 

 tbe same purposes^ under which a whitish matter resembhng 

 the gypseous earth calcined intermixed with the same 

 kind of earth uncalcined^ were to be found in great quan- 



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tities. Besides, there are very plain marks of four or five 

 different craters. The most southerly, and perhaps, the 

 most ancient, as it is grown over with grass, now called the 

 Devil's Den, is at least twenty rods over at the top, four- 

 teen and a half at the bottom, and fidl one hundred and 

 thirty feet at the sides; except that which is next the sea, 

 where it is open. Add to this, a tradition prevalent among 

 the natives : In former times, the Indian God, Moiship, 



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