mountains. 
opposite side of SJ'd 
from this apertorc < Ou-oyo-h a wood, Avhich it burnt ; 
ran with nm^ ihi’ee miles in a few 
but stopped, aftc . g . ^,,^1 cultivated lands, 
hours, before d reached di® ^ ^ mouths on 
Th=l™,s.«btad^^^ 
the soutlr-side of tnc moun . , destroyed the 
it ran, after having ovcrvvfcd bi^m^ 
greater part of I8.OOO 
which It took its course. 1 the exception of 
inhabitants, all °f w ■ "‘d •„iiivmitv', were ovev-* 
about fifteen, who, ‘ Its'rapid progress 
itct s“'^‘ 
a«v,»,«U .<.« time “fS 
part of tliQ crater '^^*1 which war coujcc- 
the volcano. o Vesuvius, were of such » 
nowwidcly-extendcd moudi of V 
density as to appear to ,„other, and, suC' 
difficulty. One cloud leaped it ^ hoaf 
ceeding each other of the darkest hu-^' 
such a gigantic and cl . threaten Naples wd 
over tlie mountain, as .gbecubentovc' 
Immediate destruction, j too massive and po"' 
the city, and appeanng to b® ” 
derous to remain long ^ Vesuvius remained id J 
From the above tune ^ I^Tiuntoms a frc^>' 
From me auovc - CY„„toms of a fi'C^* 
state of almost fondant janq* by^ 
eraphon ^^d mam^ August. j 
when at len^ , Hermitage of Salvador, d' 
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