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horfes, and reached our habitation at the clofe of 
night. < , 
Any quantity of brimflone might be fetched from 
this mountain, even fhip-loads. It might be refined 
upon the fpot, or made up into lumps to be fold, and 
fhipped in the ore, if it was neceflary ; and fhould this 
fcheme t ike place, I do not queflion but the roads 
might be made eafier, fo as to load it upon mules at 
a hundred paces from the gulph: but it is too cheap 
a commodity to be worth gathering up in a country,, 
where the price of labour is fo high from thefcarcitv 
of hands. Bright yellow brimflone with a greenifh 
caff might be gathered round the vent-holes of the 
burning gulph, and likewife large quantities of fine 
natural flowers, or very pure fulphur. What we call 
flowers of fulphur is brimflone fublimated, raifed 
and fixed into a very fine and fubtle powder. Thefe 
chymical flowers harden and cake together, and form 
a folar fulphur as fine as that, which comes from Peru. 
It is of a bright gold colour. It is found on the fides 
of the burning funnels or vent-holes and likewife 
upon the ground, at the foot of the great cleft north- 
ward, is found a kind of brimflone refembling karabe 
or yellow amber, and altogether as bright and trans- 
parent, fo as to be miflaken for it. Thefe are parti- 
cles of fulphur wafhed and purified by the air, rain, 
and fun, and I donotthinkit is poflible to fee any thing 
more beautiful of the kind. 
I do not doubt but thefe two forts of brimflone 
would be as much valued as what comes from Peru 
which being mixt with fait of tartar, produces that 
liquor, which is made ufe of to gild metals, and chiefly 
filver. 
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