282 Notice of Active and Extinct Volcanog. 



The following is the entire passage : — 



" Est prope Pithaeam tumulus Troezena, sine ullis 

 Arduus arboribus, quondam planissima campi 

 Area, nunc tumulus; nam (reshorrenda relatu) 

 Vis fera ventoram, caacis inclusa cavernis, 

 Exspirare aliqua cupiens, luctataque frustra 

 Liberiore frui coelo, cum carcere rima 

 Nulla foret toto, nee pervia flatibus esset, 

 Extentarn tumefecit humum ; ceu spiritus oris 

 Tendere vesicam solet, aut direpta bicornis 

 Terga capri. Tumor ille loci permansit ; et alti 

 Collis habet speciem, longoque induruit sevo." 



Metajviorph. 1. 15. 



" It is probable that Strabo may refer to the same event, 

 where he speaks of a tract of lard seven stadia high, being el- 

 evated round about Methone, owing to some exhalation of an 

 igneous nature, for these two places are so near to each other, 

 that they might very readily be confounded." 



It seems to be agreed, that the promontory of Methone is 

 volcanic. 



" It would appear from Strabo, that even in his time the rage 

 of the volcano was not exhausted, for he says that the mountain 

 was sometimes inaccessible from the intensity of the heat which 

 it occasioned, and the sulphureous odour which it diffused. 



" He adds, that it was visible at night from afar, and that the sea 

 was hot for five stadia round. 



" Chandler, who visited the spot, merely mentions as still ex- 

 isting, the hot springs about three miles and three quarters from 

 Methone, which first appeared after the eruption in the reign of 

 Antigonus. The springs are on the side of the mountain near a 

 village, and tinge the soil near them with the color of ochre." 



The Bosphorus, as it would seem from the notices publish- 

 ed by Dr. Clark, Andreossi and others, consists in part, at 

 least, of volcanic materials, and that there is probably a true 

 volcano, in the little island of Taman, which connects the 

 chain of mountains traversing the Crimea, with the Asiatic 

 continent. 



Sardinia is the seat of ancient volcanos, in groups of great- 

 er or less extent, and reposing in general, on the most recent 

 rocks. 



In general, the craters are effaced, but there are caps and 

 currents of cellular lava, and there are pearlstone, obsidian, 

 pumice, puzzolana, &c. 



Spain, as appears by the high authority of Mr. Maclure, 

 exhibits proofs of ancient volcanic action. 



