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with great precipitation down the fide of the moun- 
tain, forming a moft beautiful and uncommon cafcade ; 
the color of the fire was much paler and more bright 
the firfl night than the fubfequent nights, when 
it became of a deep red, probably owing to its having 
been more impregnated with fulphur at firfl: than 
afterwards. In the day-time, unlefs you are quite 
clofe, the lava has no appearance of fire j but a thick 
white fmoke marks its courfe. 
The 29th the mountain was very quiet, and the 
lava did not continue. The 30th it began to flow 
again in the fame direction* whilft the mouth of the 
volcano threw up every minute a girandole of red 
hot ftones, to an immenfe height. The 31(1 I 
pafled the night upon the mountain ; the lava was not 
fo confiderable as the firfl: night, but the red hot ftones 
were perfectly tranfparent, lome of which I dare fay 
of a ton weight, mounted at leaft 2co feet perpendi- 
cular, and fell in, or near, the mouth of a little moun- 
tain, that was now formed by the quantity of alhes 
and ftones, within the great mouth of the volcano, 
and which made the approach much fafer than it had 
been fome days before, when the mouth was near 
half a mile in circumference, and the ftones took 
every direction. Mr. Hervey, brother to the earl of 
Briftol, was very much wounded in the arm fome 
days before the eruption, having approached too near 3 
and two Englifh gentlemen with him were alfo hurt. 
It is impofiible to defcribe the beautiful appearance of 
thefe girandoles of red hot ftones, far furpafiing the 
moft aftonifhing artificial firework. 
From the 31ft of march to the 9th of april, the 
laya continued on the lame fide of the mountain in 
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