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r,. j covered (he rvliole volcano. In tlie evening 
fire were lieard ; and at Naples a culiunn of 
in a o(* from the aperture, canying up stones 
crater ignition, which fell again into llie 
acenni^o • Avhieh these igneous explosions were 
lejinvif yesembled tlie^ roaring of the most dreadftrl 
the ceiortt” • P whistling ot the most furious winds ; while 
such rln/tt'"'^ j- . ^tibstauces were ejected was 
w-is ) 1 emission had not terminated when it 
lime i} second. Small monticules were at this 
of a reil t*^ ^ matter, resembling a vitreous paste 
crater • which flowed from the mouth of the 
as li‘c mWter a«lnuTaTel‘""”® considerable in proportion 
fire^dap-^^'^pL^^? erupti.on continued for several days, the 
noises On th^ oi^i with frequent and dreadful 
aperture eieclinu^fire symptoms, anotlier 
was seen fr stones, situated behind the crater, 
escaijedfrom^l^^^^ P^' burning mass of lava which 
guished from following day, was distin- 
vitreous Zl the appearance of a 
mountarn W advancing towards tlie base of tlie 
tile base on tl"^ south and south-west. It reached 
leas than twem having flowed from the aperture, in 
Its mean brenHm^™^ bonrs, a distance of 3,053 teet, while 
800 feet. In -f 'Appeared to be about 350, but at the base 
Itnally reachcri ‘^°“''se it divided into four branches, and 
entire process r* Guide’s Retreat. Its 
taking a mean „*? cnore tlian a mile, so that, 
eighty-six P‘°P°ttion, tliis lava flowed at Lhe rate of 
At tlie f ^ an hour. 
^^cauvius 1:^^ eruption Kotzebue was at Naples, 
dark he could F*® window, and when it was 
fire rolled rl q perceive in what manner the masses 
■Tiering of mountain. As long as any glim- 
to be seen m ^Itat part of tlie mountain was 
straight but nl declivity of which the lava formed a 
Pci'tectly rhrk- soon, however, as it was 
'be eye, it 1 .P niou-ntain itself had vanished from 
tile sky. U'c,. ^ a comet witli a long tail stood in 
ble ascenderl f,°'^bacle was awful and grana ! 
le mountain on tlie morning succeeding 
