C >4? 3 
A Piece of Glafs fatten’d on the Top of a Pole 
(and thruft into this ‘Matter) was in four Minutes 
reduced to a Pafte. Under the Mafs of the Torrent 
were heard frequent Reports, which made the 
Church fhake, as if by an Earthquake. Along the 
whole Surface of the Torrent, there appear’d fmall 
Fiflures, out of which iffued Smoak, that flunk of 
Brimftone mix’d with Sea- water; yet thefe Exhala- 
tions are not poifonous, but rather a Remedy for 
fome Difeafes. The Stones round about thefe Fif- 
fures were obferved to be covered with fublimed 
Salts, the Nature of which I fhall explain hereafter. 
Iron, thruft into thefe FiflTures, was taken out moift ; 
but upon thrufting in Paper, it was not moiften’d, 
but rather fomewhat harden’d. 
At the fame time when the new Mouth open’d, 
that on the Summit of the Mountain vomited a 
vaft Quantity of burning Matter, which, dividing into 
Torrents, and fmall Streams, ran partly towards the 
Salvadorey and partly towards j and at the 
fame time that this Matter iffued out, red-hot Stones 
were feen to be caft out of the Mouth, in the midft 
of black Smoak, frequent Flafhes of Lightning and 
Thunder, all produced by the fame Matter. 
Thefe impetuous Expulfions of Fire continued till 
Tuefday, when the, Eruption of the melted Matter, 
the Flafhes, and thundering Noife, ceafed ; but a ftrong 
South-weft Wind arifing, the Afhes were carried in 
great Quantities to the utmoft Boundaries of the 
Kingdom; in fome Places very fine, in others as 
coarfe as Ifihian S2kn<i ‘. And in the Neighbourhood 
they not ortly felt this plentiful Shower of Afhes, 
