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The Country round Mount Fefuvius 

 abounds with a kind of Stone, which in 

 its Eruptions ifRies from it in great Abun- 

 dance in Form of a burning Rivulet, de- 

 ftroying every Thing in its Way : When 

 the Eruption ceafes, this SubHance as it 

 cools hardens, and is called Lava : It is 

 a very hard Stone, takes a fine Polifh, and 

 is fit for many Ufes, being frequendy 

 manufaftured into Boxes, Tables, ^c. 

 It is fo plentiful, that in Naples the Inha- 

 bitants very commonly make ufe of it for 

 paving the Streets. There is a fine large 

 cubic Piece of this Lava preferved in the 

 Hall. 



In another Part is a painted genealogi- 

 cal Tree of a Noble Venetian Family ; and, 

 befides all I have mentioned, there are 

 a great Number of Epitaphs and Infcrip- 

 tions (on the original Stones, by Accident 

 found) in Latin^ Greeks and other Lan- 

 guages. 



There is a fine Skeleton of a Unicorn 

 Fifli j thi^ is a large Fifh of the Whale 



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