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foand to be of aneafily inflamable nature,^ they may quickly 
be hindled by fome falling ftoncs, which breaking in 
pieces may ftrike fparks into and fo fct on fire fuch com- 
buftible matter , they light upon It was thought ^ it would 
not be amifs , by the favour of our friends in Sicily , to procure 
from the lately flaming Mount there , what Minerals they 
(hculd be able to get upon the place. And accordingly we re- 
ceived by a fhip lately arrived from Mesftm-^ 
Firft^ a good quantity of Jfhes^ taken up in divers parts of 
and about t/£t?ja 5 fome at the top or mouth of the new made 
Mountain* foaiea mile ofFjComefour^fome ten mile$,fomebuc 
halfe a mile diflant, and others on the skirts of the faid Mcunr- 
whereof the four firft were fc und to agree well enough with 
their diftances , but the two laft to differ much both from the 
former and fromone another 5 the former 4. forts having been 
found very dry like duft, but the two Utter being flill very 
moift, though in Sicily (as we are informed ) they have layn 
expofedagcod while to the hot Sun 5 befides that the two laft 
differ from one another, in that one fort of them confifts of 
hard and final lumps, the other, of very foft durty grains, 
yet both moift and of a vitriolate tafte. 
Seiondlf^ Someof the C/W(fri , which the people bi Sicilf 
call 5a4rri 3 whereof feme are cou fer, t ken up at fome 
diftance from the Mouth 5 and of thefe fome b ack , withacruft 
of Brimftone , fome of i red heNV> otheis finer 5 f i to be got 
out afthegutcursof fire at the very Mouth, Both thcfekiads 
are light 3 buahen there is a third fort of Stone, very folid 
and ponderous , which feem > to be made up of a conflux of di- 
vers Minerals, melted tOi^ethtr. 
"Thirdly ^ A piece of Sal A monhck , and feveral pieces of 
Sandever, befides thofe moift Vitriolate Afbes abovemen--^ 
tioned. 
All which WIS accompanied with a Mafp of that part of the 
Country, wheic the Fire hath run 5 in w iich Mipp theannex- 
edScale of a i^/7t?ihe.vs, that the Fire fpr^d about 3. miles ia 
brcac'tfi,ani ly.miksin 1 ngth 5 the fame bd ig now quite ex- 
tind^but t^atonly n the clttts or hollownes's of the rocks of 
SciArri fome fire ft lireiaains glowing. 
