Vulcanic Mountain in St. Vincent’s. 2-9 
mice-ftone. I alfo found many {tones about the fi ze of a man’s 
fift, rough, on one fide blue, which appearance, I imagine, 
they have got from heat, and being in contact with fome 
mineral. Thefe {tones are fcattered over the whole mountain, 
one or two of which I have fent you, with fome others. 
After I had got up from the bottom of the crater, I could not 
help viewing it with admiration, from its wonderful ftrudlure 
and regularity. Here I found an excavation cut through the 
mountain and rocks to an amazing depth, and with as much, 
regularity and proportion of its conftituent parts, as if it had 
been planned by the hand of themoft ikilful mathematician. I 
vrifhed much to remain on the mountain all night, to examine 
its feveral ridges with more attention next day ; but I could not 
prevail on my companion to fay, and therefore thought it 
advifable to accompany him. 
I obferved the motion of the clouds on this mountain to be 
very lingular. Although there are leveral parts on it higher 
than the mouth of the crater,, yet I law their attraction was 
always to it. After entering on its eaft or windward fide, they 
funk a confiderable way into it ; then, mounting; the oppofite 
fide, and whirling round the north- weft fide, they ran along a 
ridge, which tended nearly north-eaft, and afterwards funk, 
into a deep ravin, which divided' this ridge from another on the 
north-weft corner of the mountain, and the higheft on it, lying 
in a dire&ion nearly fouth and north. They keep the cou-rfe of 
this ridge to the lautli end, and: then whirl off weft in their 
natural courfe. \ 
I took my departure, from the mountain with great reludance.. 
Although I encountered many difficulties to get up, yet it 
amply rewarded me for all my toil ; but I had not time to 
examine it with, that attention I wi filed* When I got on the 
