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E^traH of another letter from the fame place to the fame 
Man, 
VV Apy^ which burning continuiilv -oth caft out 
fo great a quantity ot Fire and Aftcb. chat the Trees 
of the Country }:^eira, and part of thofe on the high 
Coi:intry of Loutoir^ isfo much cuvcred wirh Afhes, that 
not one good Fruit is to be expefted from them. 
Copy of a Letter to the Burgerr/iafler Witfen, from the 
Molucco I/lands the nth of JmQy 169$. 
IT is almofl: impofTible for me to give a particular 
account 6i the prefent ftate of BanJa; for zlNeira 
ttiere is neither Leaf nor Herb. The Ground is cover- 
ed with Stones and Afiies ; the Trees look juft as thofe 
of our Native Country in Winter,- one half of the high 
Country is likewife in a fad condition , many Trees 
be wholly or partly dead , and the reft lingring. 
If we are to have fuch another Weft Monfoon, all will 
perifh to which that Wind can reach. Not one Houfe 
at Neira is 'demoliftied, feveral are quite without damage 
to the Ground by the weight of the Duft and Afhes 
and if all hands had not been continually at work to 
take and carry it ofF, not one Houfe had been left 
ftanding in l^eira. One of ray Houfes is down. 
Thofe or Denter^ Weyer^ Celam^ and the inward Coaft, 
as far as Waltng^ have likewife a fad experience of this 
. Calamity. , * 
We $Te fometimes vifited wi^h Earthquakes; and 
fflcdally on the nth of May, about z a Clock in the 
Artemaon, we had two hard motions: Finally Ban^a 
meets with many CrofRs. 
becaufe of the Mount Counong 
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