Mr, Ande&son 5 s Account of a 
■pe$k from which I had my foil view of it, and from] which I 
could fee its different parts* 1 could not help reviewing; k 
feveral times. After imprinting its flrudture on my mind, I 
took my final adieu of it, and returned down, and got to Mr, 
Fraser’s houfe about feven; at night, much fatigued. 
I am forty I had no inftruments, to take the Fate of the air, 
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nor theexaffe dimenfons of the different parts of the moun- 
tain ; but, I believe, on meafuremerit, -they will be more than 
d have mentioned. 
From the fituatmn of thefe iflauds to one another, and to the 
continent of South America, I imagine there are fub-marine 
'communications between the burning mountains or volcanoes 
in -each* of them, and from them to the volcanoes on the high 
“mountains of America, The xfl'ands, which are fituated next 
?the continent, feem to tend in the direction of thofe moun- 
tains; and I have obferved, 'that the crater in this ifland lies 
f nearly ffn a line with Soufriere in St. Lucia and Morne Pelee in 
Martinique, and I dare fay from Morne Pelee to a place of the 
fame kind-in Dominique, and from it to the others; as it is cer- 
r tain there is fomething of this kind in each of thefe Hlands, 
Barbadoes and Tobago excepted, which are quite out of the 
'range of the reft. 
There is no doubt but eruptions or differentchanges in fome 
of them, although at a great diftance, may be communicated 
to and affect the others in various manners. It is obferved by 
the 'inhabitants round thefe burning mountains, that fhocks of 
earthquakes are frequent near them, and more fenfibly felt 
? than in other . parts of the ifland, and the fhocks always go in 
the direction of them. 
| cannot omit mentioning the great affifhnce I received in 
the above excurffon from Dr. Young, Mr. Maeoune, and Mr. 
Fraser! 
