THE IIIMAI.AVA MOUNTAINS. 85 
circumstances, combined with its burning 
*he strong stench of sulphur it emits, prove that 
nres of the volcano are still active, 
j I* ^options have been most considerable fluring the 
of' If which have desolated Sicily and a great part 
tan^ ^’ month of March, 1786', after subter- 
^he '•I'onders and roarings, which were heard over all 
^^'otds, to the great terror of the inhabitants, and 
jjj ® '^ocompanied by frequent concussions, the crater 
^ P' odigiou.s quantity of sand, nii.xed with im- 
i,y 'J® ''olinnes of smoke and lire. This eruption conti- 
oject , t'oys, and so great was the quantity of sand 
Wj.| the circumjacent places were entirely covered 
.at n' '*■ “ Considerable height, 
h 
•tiory current has not happened during the me 
The lava did not flow 
at least over the edges of the crater ; and. 
Oily living person. 
the HIMAL.WA MOUNTAINS, 
BETWEEN INDIA AND THIBET. 
fiteat Himalayan snowy range, says Mr. I'raser, s 
th^t elevated crest of the mountainous tract 
Or tile plains ofHintlostau from those of Thibet, 
Jlrm.! **®*" friary. Far as they ])redoniinate over, aiifl 
*** tliemselves above the rest, all 
the jU. f appear in distant ranges, when viewed from 
gr(.„V If indeed only the roots and branches of this 
rail alvv™ ’ ''‘’'''ever difficult to trace, the connexion 
and detected between each inforiiir mountain 
'■'Some 
that 
Olig . 
herd 
1 he b T.^i'ticnlar member of its great origin 
side”*'^ tii this mountainous tract, on 
but. 
orins’ 
"'hicii overlooks Hindostan, is no doubt vari- 
Iroin the diflicnltv of the country, a traveller 
op ot many days hei’ore he reaches the 
*''d Bii....* ‘''^''■'idiate snowy clifi'a. The best observations 
y do not authorise the allowance of more than 
surve 
'tvera 
Coil, 5^ '^8pth of about sixty miles from the plains to 
these, in that part of the country 
siiow' ^'ihject of this narrative. The breadth ol 
y 2uiie itself in all probability varies still more; 
