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FORMA- 

 TION OF 



ISLES. 



REMARKS 



O N 



THE 



firll fight of thefe objeds, nothing is more obvious to every behold- 



in the middle of the ifle, is one of the 

 nial lands, v^hercof, perhaps, the v/hole ifle confifted be- 



than that the high peak 



primog( 



fore its prefent defolation 



The elevated 



feems 



have been 



th 



of the volcano ; the 



h 



probably 



The ridge of flags is the ftream of 



The elevated- 



up by the cinders and afhes. 



lava, and fome of it ran probably towards the fea. 



hummocks in the plain, are the maffes of flags and lava,, fuch as they 



vemained after the adion of the volcano ceafed. They have gradu- 



r 



lly decayed, and th 



gether with the fo 



n 



waflied 



fii 



down by violent rains from the hills of afhes and cinders, hav 

 contributed to fill the crater up, and,, make its furface level. It 



feems therefore to follow, that Afcenfion was originally a land oc 



ifland -, but, when the volcano was formed in its bofom, part of it 



^ 



was entirely changed and deflroyed, and now fnev/s nothing but 



nature m rums : 



72ec rejlat in ilJa, 



^lod rep etas ', tantujn cinis, & Jine femine terra eft. 



Corn. Severits. 



St. FIelena has on its outfide, efpecially v/here the fhips lay at 

 anchor, an appearance, if poflible, more dreadful and dreary than 

 Afcenfion ; but the farther you advance, the lefs defolate the coun- 

 try appears ; and the mofl interior parts are already covered with 

 plants, trees, and verdure : however there are every where the mod 



r 



evident 



