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fcription, JoviVefuvio facrum ^.T>» The Greeks 
made ufe of them in their Mythology, by clapping 
the Rebel Giants under them. 
I muft not conclude without faying fomething of 
the Mofetey upon which much hath been written, 
particularly by Leonardo de Capua j but all might be 
reduced into a narrow Compafs. I mention it now, 
becaufe it hath given great Terror to the Neighbour- 
hood of this Mountain 5 Four or Five Perfons near 
Torre del Grejoy Tortkhey and fome other Place, 
having been killed by going into their Caves or 
Cellars : And it is particularly remarked to have been 
thus deftrudtive all round the Hill, after the great 
Eruptions j upon which the great Agitation and 
Rarefaction of this inflammable Earth, compofed of 
fuch aClive Particles, even Sal AmmoniaCy muft fend 
out vaft and ftrong Effluviay (or what in fuch clofe 
Places may properly be termed Exfudations) perni- 
cious, no doubt, when confined under Ground, and 
hindered from expanding and mixing with frefh Air : 
And, no doubt, all round the Mountain they abound j 
but the open Air is a Specific againft their ill Effeds ; 
as we fee it is an immediate Cure to the poor Dog 
at the Grotto del CanOy and not any particular Quality 
of the neighbouring Lake, which Throwing him into, 
I fhould rather think, would kill him, till he had 
recovered his Refpiration and Spirits. Virgily 
VIE 84. mentions thefe Damps : 
’Nemorum qUiS maxima facro 
Fonte fonaty f<evamque exhalat opaca mephitim. 
And to thefe Stenches TerJiuSy Satire III. 1 . 99. re- 
fcmbles the Scent of a {linking Breath : 
Gutture fulphureas lente exhalante mephites. 
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