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Whole Day’s Space. Thefe were all manifeft Signs 
of the impending Defolation : and yet (whether by 
a Miracle of our particular Protedor St. ‘JanuariuSy 
as fome were of Opinion, or by natural Caufes) this 
dreadful Day, which had portended fo much Mif- 
chief, was beyond Expectation, and to our great 
Afloniflimenr, follow’d by another as pleafant as 
could be defired : for the Air was quite fcrene, and 
clear of the Afhcs j and on the Mountain there was 
no other Appearance but that of a little Smoke. 
In the Year 1724. the Qiiantity of Afhes and 
Stones, thrown from the Top of the Mountain, were 
fo heaped from the Bottom up to the Edge of the 
old Mountain, that the whole Space from the old 
Hill to the new, appeared but one continued Moun- 
tain. 
In 1730. there was another Eruption of Vefuvius, 
which, though very inconliderable in refpeCt of the 
lall, yet was the Occaflon of much Fear. 
This prefent Year I737j to the Month of May^ 
the Mountain was never quiet : Sometimes emitting 
great Quantities of Smoak, at other times red-hot 
Stones; which, for want of a fufficient impelling 
Force, fell on the fame Mountain. But in order to 
a clear Idea of all the Circumftances prefaging the 
impending Eruption, ’tis requifite to know, that in 
the Beginning of May, a Smoak only was feen to 
ilTue from the open Mouth at the Top 5 and from 
the 1 6th to the 19th, fubterraneous rumbling Noifes 
were heard. 
On the 19th, Fire was feen to burft out in thick 
black Clouds j and the fame Day there were feveral 
loud Reports, returning quicker towards the Even- 
