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VIEW 



INTERIOR OF THE CRATER OF THE 

 PEAK OF TENERIFFE. 



PLATE LIV. 

 



As the views of the Cordilleras form, at the same 

 time, the picturesque Atlas of the narrative of 

 the journey to the tropics, I have added this 

 plate, though it has no relation to the new con- 

 tinent. It represents the summit of the Piton, or 

 Sugarloaf, which contains the Caldera of the 

 Peak of Teneriffe. We perceive the rapid de- 

 clivity of the cone covered with volcanic ashes ; 

 a circular wall of lava surrounding the crater, 

 which is no other than a solfatara ; and a large 

 breach in the wall on the western side. I had 

 sketched this drawing in a mere geological point 

 of view; the lithoid lavas, preyed on by the 

 constant action of the vapours of sulphuric acid, 



