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and minor, Mr. Ray, in his Synop/is anirn. p. 1 54, 
chapter of monkeys, thinks, this is that fpecies de- 
fcribed by Clufius from Lerius, which they call Sa- 
gouin. I am, 
S I R, 
Your truly humble ervant, 
James Parfcns. 
XXI. ExtraEl of a Letter from Naples, con- 
cerning Herculaneum, co?itaining an Ac - 
count and Defcriptio?i of the Place , and 
what has bee?i found in it . 
Read April 18./ | \HE entrance into Herculaneum is 
1 defcribed to be down a narrow 
pafiage, cut with a gradual defcent ; and, towards 
the bottom, into fteps : and the city is fuppofed to 
lie about 60 feet under the furface of the ground. 
Thofe, who go down into it, carry each of them a 
wax taper, and are preceded by a guide. It is fup- 
pofed, that, befides the earthquake, which fwallow’d 
up this town, it was alfo at the fame time over- 
whelmed with the burning lava, which then ran 
down from mount Vefuvius, during the eruption. 
And accordingly all the paffages into it are cut thro’ 
this lava j which is a very hard fubftance, like done, 
of a (late-colour, andfaid to be compofed of various 
kinds of metals and glafs ; which indeed is manifeft 
in the appearance of it. The ftreets of Naples are 
paved with the fame lava : but it feems to be of a 
much 
