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Friday 23d, the lavas Hill ran, and the mountain 
continued to throw up quantities of Hones from its 
crater; there was no noife heard at Naples this day, 
and but little allies fell there. 
Saturday 24th, the lava ceafed running ; the ex- 
tent of the lava, from the fpot C (Plan I.), where I 
law it break out, to its extremity F, where it fur- 
rounded the chapel of Saint Vito, is above fix miles. 
In the Atrio di Cavallo, and in a deep valley, that 
lies between Vefuvius (1.), and the hermitage 
(3.), the lava is in lome places near two miles 
broad, and in moff places from 60 to 70 feet deep ; 
at ( 4.) the lava ran down a hollow way, called 
Folia grande, made by the currents of rain water; it 
is not lefs than 200 feet deep, and 100 broad; yet 
the lava in one place has filled it up. I could not 
have believed that fo great a quantity of matter could 
have been thrown out in fo Ihort a time, if I had 
not fince examined the whole courfe of the lava my- 
felf. This great compact body will certainly retain 
lome heat many months ; at this time, much rain 
having fallen for fome days paid, the lava fmoaks, as 
if it ran a-freth : and about ten days ago, when I 
was up the mountain with Lord Stormont, we 
thruff flicks into the crevices of the lava, which took 
fire immediately: But to proceed with my journal. 
The 24th Vefuvius continued to throw up Hones 
as on the preceding days ; during the whole of this 
eruption it had differed in this circumflance from the 
eruption of 1766, when no ffones were thrown out 
of the crater from the moment the lava ran freely. 
Sunday 25th, fmall allies fell all day at Naples ; 
they iffued from the crater of the volcano, and formed 
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