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not find the Bottom ; which makes me conclude they may 
cover the Ground for a great thicknefs 
There are a great many vaft Rocks, fome of them two 
Mile or thereabouts from the Foot of the Pike, whiclr 
the Pike-Man told us was cad our from the Top of the 
Pike at the time it was a Vulcano ; many of them lye in 
Heaps of above threefcore Yards long, and I obferv’d 
that the further thefe Rocks lye from the Foot of the Pike, 
the more like they are to the Stone of other common 
Rocks: But the nearer we went to the Pike we found 
them more black and folid ; and fome of them, tho’ nor 
many, were glofiy like Flint, and all extream heavy. 
Thofe that (hone fo, I fuppofe, retain’d their natural Co- 
lour, but there are fome that look likeDrofs that comes 
out of a Smith’s Forge, which without doubt was occa- 
fioned by the extream Heat of the place they came from. 
Some of thefe great Rocks were thrown out of the Cal- 
dera or Kettle in the Top of the Pike ; and others from 
a Cave or Cifiern which is a pretty way up the fide of 
the Pike, and has by fome been thought ter have naBot. 
tom, more of which I (hall (ay anon. 
/lr Nine on Wednesday Morning we arrived at la Stancha , 
about a Quarter of a Mile above the-Foct of the Pike on 
the Eafi-fide, where are three or four large hard and fo- 
lid black Rocks lodg’d : under fome of thefe we put our 
Horfes, and under others we lay down our felves to deep, 
after having refrefii’d our felves with a little Wine : and 
we had a Fire made in order to get our Dinner ready, 
where a Cook we took along with us both roafted and 
hoyled our Meat and Fowls very well. We dept here 
for about two Hours, then rofe again, and at about Two 
in the xAfternoon went to dinner- 
There are feveral Mountains that lye Eafiward from the 
Pike at four or five Miles Difiance, call’d the Ma/pefe?, 
and one more lying a littie more to the Southward call’d 
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