ChO 
Eruption of the Mountain Vefu'viuS) not funk by 
Earthquakes, as were Cumaj Baia, Trepergolay &c. 
Naples y March 7, 1731-2. 
Signed, 
William Hammond* 
SIRy 
In purfuance to your Defire, the above Account is 
tranfmitted me by my Partner, about the City you 
mentioned under-ground near Naples. 
I am •very refpeBfully, 
SIRy 
Tour moft humble Servant t 
- - ' . John Green. 
XIII. An Account of a Meteor feen in the Air 
in the 7 )ay~time, Dec. 8 . 17335 com* 
municated hy Mr* Crocker to Sir Hans 
Sloane, Bart* Tr. R. S. &c* 
SIRy Fleet y T>orfetjhire> T>ec. 23 . 1733 .' 
O N Saturday the 8th of this Inftant, the Sun 
fhining bright, the Weather warm, and Wind 
at South-Eaft, feme fmall Clouds palling, I faw fome- 
thing (between Eleven and Twelve) in the Sky, 
which refembled a Boy^s Paper Kite, which appeared 
towards the North, and foon vanilhed from my 
Sight, being intercepted by the Trees which were 
near the Valley where I was Handing. The Colour 
of 
