i6 the sqtjffrieee mouhtaiw. l 
others shooting upwards from the mouth like rockets o 
most dazzling lustre— odiers like shells, Avith their tra'^ 
fuses, flying in different parabolas, with the most vivid * , 
tillations from the dark sanguine column, _ which ^ 
seemed inflexible, and immoveable by the wind. Sn . 
after seven in the afternoon, tire mighty caldron was ^ 
to simmer, and the ebullition of lava to break out oo 
N. W. side. This, immediately after boiling over the ^ 
lice, and flowing a short way, was opposed by tire acd' 
of aiigher point of land, over which it was impelle 
the immense tide of liquified fire that drove it on, fora^ 
the figure V in grand illumination. Sometimes, when , 
ebullition slackened, or was insufficient to urge it ^ 
the obstmcting liill, it recoiled like a refluent bd 
from the rock, anf then again rushed forward, 
by fresh supplies, a td, surmounting every obstacle, 
rocks and vt^oods togi tlier, in its course down the slo.I’^ 
the mountain, until it precipitated itself down it 
ravine, concealed from our sight by the intervening 
of Morne Ronde. Vast globular bodies of fire were K 
projected from the fiery furnace, and, bursting, fell 
into it, or over it, on the surrounding bushes, which 'jy 
instantly set in flames. About four hours from the y 
boiling over the crater, it reached the sea, as we could ^ 
serve from the reflection of the fire and electric flasbe®^" 
tending it. About half past one, the following 
another stream of lava was seen descending to the east' , 
towards Rabacca. The thundering noise of the 
and the vibration of sound that had been so fornud^- 
hitherto, now mingled in the sudden monotonous 
the rolling lava, became so terrible, that dismay was 
turned into despair. At this time the first earthquake ^ 
felt ; this was followed by showers of cinders, whied 
with tlie hissing noise of hail, during two hours. f 
“ At three o’clock, a rolling on the roofs of the house*^^i( 
dicated a fall of stones, which soon thickened, and at le*-f 
descended in a rain of intermingled fire, which thrca|^^4 
at once the fate of Pompeii, or Herculaneum. The e'jj 
ling coruscations fi-om the crater at this period exceed^^y 
th;Tt had yet passed. The eyes were struck with 
taiy blindness, and the ears stunned with a confo®'^’ 
sounds. Peqfie sought shelter in the cellars, under r 
