Mr . Anderson’s Account of a Volcanic Mountain*, Sec. i y 
different ridges, feparated by very deep chafms, and its fum- 
ink appeared quite deffiitute of any vegetable production. On 
examining feveral ravins, that run from the bottom a great way 
lip the mountain, I perceived they were quite deflitute of water, 
and found pieces of pumice,-ftone, charcoal,, feveral earths and 
minerals, that plainly indicated there muff be fome very Angu- 
lar place or other on fome part of the mountain. I alfo recol- 
lected a fiery told by fome very old men in the ifland, that 
they had heard the captain of a fhip fay, that between this 
ifland and St. Lucia he faw, towards night* flames and fmoke 
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ifluing from the top of this mountain, and next morning his 
decks were covered with affies and fmall flones. This, you 
may readily imagine, was excitement enough to examine it, if 1 
pofiibly could ; but I was much difeouraged upon being told, 
it was impoflible to gain the liimmit of it ; nor could I get 
either white men, Carribbee, or Negro, that would undertake 
to conduCl me up for any reward I could offer ; nor could I get 
any information relative to it. But as difficulty to attain in- 
bailees the value of the object, fo the more I was told of the 
impoflibility of going up, the more was 1 determined to 
attempt it. 
After! had examined the bafis of it, as far as I could for the 
fea and other mountains, to find the molt probable place to 
commence my journey, I obferved an opening of feveral large 
and dry ravins, that feemingly ran a great way up ; but I was 
not fure if they were not interfeCled by fome rocks or preci- 
pices I could not get over. I came to Mr. Malqune’s, about 
a mile diflant from the mountain, but the nighefl houfc to it 
I could flay at all night. Here I met with a friendly recep- 
tion and great hofpitality. After communicating my inten- 
tions to him, he told me, he would give me every affiflance 
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