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opened in the island of Palma, near Tigalate. 

 Two others were formed on the seashore. The 

 lavas which issued from these crevices dried up * 

 the celebrated spring of Furcaliente, or Fuente 

 Santa; the mineral waters of which attracted 

 the visits of the* diseased, who flocked thither 

 even from Europe, According* to a popular tra- 

 dition, the eruption ceased in a very extraor- 

 dinary manner. The image of our Lady of the 

 Snows of Santa Cruz, was carried to the mouth 

 of the new volcano, and immediatelv there fell 

 such an immense quantity of snow, that the fire 

 was extinguished. In the Andes of Quito, the 

 Indians think they have observed, that an abun- 

 dance of snow water filtrating into volcanoes in- 

 creases their activity. 



Year 1677. 



Third eruption in the isle of Palma. The 

 mountain de Las Gab ras threw out scoriae and 

 ashes through^ w multitude of small mouths, 

 which were formed in succession. 



Year 1704. 



On the 31st of December, the Peak ofTene- 

 riflte formed a lateral eruption in the plain De 

 los Infantes, above Icore, in the district of Gui- 

 mar* Tremendous earthquakes preceded this 

 eriiption. On the 5th of January 1705, a second 

 opening took place in the ravine of Almerchiga, 



