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Iftence to the fires which burn beneath its furface. Every hill 

 proves, at lead, with what violence thefe fires have acled for ages ; 

 and the terrible eruptions of lava, which burft from the moun- 

 tains of Skaptefield in 1783, ihow that they are as yet far from 

 being extinguifhed- 



I am, 



Dear Sir, 



With great regard and efteem, 



Your very obedient fervant, 



John Tho. Stanley. 



Vol. III. V VII. 



