mountains. 
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the sulphur mountain. ' 
mountain, distant al)ont three miles from the 
frorn tl^/ Pi'®''"'*’' Pl’enomcnon verr ditlhront. 
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this sinmilar^ • ®^h-act the following particulars of 
Itself, immediately bene'‘4'ifwf^l'’''^ 
" profusion of va„„ \ . a deep hollow, whence 
boiling and snlashino- .. ' ‘‘ confused noise of 
narrow creviLs in ^'^""Tanied by steam escaping from 
tt-s the whS^o? the'“"''- as well 
sulphur and clav o “"tiiitain opposite, covered with 
suft Rud Kt/-nmT’ ''®'y Irazardous to walk over a 
r^apour concr-^i-' ®tirtace of such a descri|Hton. The 
much uneasin * 'f party from each other occasioned 
°t' sulphur some hazard of die emst 
They w -?^i sinking beneath their 
auakled a< ; 'mis several times in danger of being 
bright "who m ^’■"'PP'^ned to one of the pai-tv, Mr. 
hot clay. Vh^ rt one of his legs into the 
the depth of af” thermometer was immersed in it, to 
degrees of tlie ,'”''y..*'’'^hes, it generally rose to within a tew 
Bvokiiug every 1'^! by stepping cautiously, and 
«wn liscertaiif - 1 'i ^ issued, they 
hu-lune, howev ''“''“re. Their good 
:uiv iiersoii to ^ George oliservds, ought not to tempt 
provided with . ‘“'“r wonderful place, without being 
hatiks niav be t hoards, with which every part of the 
of the liollo,„ ‘"'®'^cd in perfect safety. At the button, 
mud, which described, they found the cauldron of 
"Pproached wiiT'^*^ utmost vehemence. They 
'hem ill viecvi,, '*** ^ ww yards of it, the wind favouring 
mud Was in conct^'f*^T“'' 'his singular scene. The 
"“'ght of six or "|‘'ation,_ and often tlirown up to the 
^"ce filled ■. Near this spot was an irregulai- 
ater, boiling briskly. At the foot of the 
