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‘lescendecl'tlirowlftM^ ^ flowing of very old lava. Wo- 
funnel, the ficmt-p nf*” loward.s the bottom of the 
breadth of tl e^nou^, ^ ^ The greatest 
leeMhe smallest two 
of broklflarrfronfthe^" crater on a train 
Tlte heat hi endosure. 
gave vent to aqueons vnn?'' ^ m n few crevices, which 
noise. Soine of these f ' ^ ^ peculiar buzzing 
side of the enclosum^ oiml! ' ‘"‘'‘i ' °n-the out- 
rhat surrounds the crater ® cxteni.il brink of the parapet 
wio them, and saw it rise rapidlv^to'"^'^‘^ thermometer 
five degrees. ^ ■‘’‘•'‘ty-eight and seventy- 
I’eak, to Ivait the moment\vUp °".^bc sHnamlt of the 
of the whole of the Aicht, i ™‘S'’t enjoy the view 
We discovered Palma Gon? ^^rtunale Island.s. 
7’- feet. The moStSs "f 7; 
at sun-nse, were soon eiu-r-l ^ feee from vapours 
auppositiou only of ‘bick clouds. On a 
NotwSi2i4^th7l"^ ^‘inare leagues, 
under the cap of^S ,7' is probable, 
temn ^'Ofler hollows are found, 
^emporature of tvhich i., constant” Switzerland, the 
'■"iirtl™:!''!* >'»r ■■ep«»' 'tat 
vrind which hlo c repose. 
s(*Plr .1 , “ feenr the time nf violent 
belter at tlie foot of the Ph ^'■^'^■rise, engaged us to 
^'°^en, -wdiile our boots hands and faces 
^bich we walked. We dese TT- by the soil on 
i^nutes tlic Sugar-Loaf wh cl *P^ee of a few 
this rapidity was in n scaled with so much 
•n*- on the ashes '”''°huitary, for we often 
ai “ita“ pfiriiL "1'' -'i™' I-' « 
her majesty.” ^ ^^omain where nature toweis 
from the 
“** t^logical Society by th^ Transactions ot 
oy the Hon. Mr. Bennet. 
he cold and violent 
