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Bank; any Perfon that Ihould fee the Situation, would 
be of my mind. And befideSjit being Nine or Ten Years, 
fince the laft Burning was perceived, there are to be 
feen round about the Opening ( befides the barrennefs 
on both fides, which is fome diftance from the Opening 
in defcending towards the Weft and North fides ) as al- 
fo above on the South and Eaft fides, Trees all about, 
of an equal thicknefi, as all grown fince that time, and 
now newly burft and burnt by the Fire. 
Laftly, My Opinion is, that although the Smoak of 
it has not been feen from below, the Fire neverthelefs 
hath not difcontinued, becaufe the inward noife is fo 
terrible, that any Perfon whofoever hears it , would 
judge with me that it is a bottomlefs Pit of the vehe- 
mentcft Fire, which cannot be quenched while the World 
lafts. The Horror and Danger that one undergoes who 
will fee this, is rather to be conceived by Thoughts , 
than exprefled by Words. 
Given at Ternate, 1693. 
