an Eruption of Mount Vefuvius. 53 
of the little mountain within the crater had fallen in. At 
night the throws from the crater increafed, and pro- 
ceeded evidently from two feparate mouths, which 
emitting red-hot fcorice, and in different directions, formed 
a molt beautiful and almoft continued fire-work. 
On Saturday, Auguft the 7th, the volcano remained 
much in the fame ftate; but, about twelve o’clock at 
night, its fermentation increafed greatly. The fecond 
fever-fit of the mountain may be faid to have manifefled 
itfelf at this time. I was watching its motions from the 
mole of Naples, which has a full view of the volcano, 
and had been witnefs to feveral glorious piCturefque ef- 
fects produced by the reflection of the deep red fire, 
which iffued from the crater of Vefuvius, and mounted 
up in the midft of the huge clouds, when a fummer 
ftorm, called here a trofea , came on fuddenly, and 
blended its heavy watry clouds with the fulphureous and 
mineral ones, which were already like fo many other 
mountains, piled over the fummit of the volcano; at this 
moment a fountain of fire was fhot up to an incredible 
height, catling fo bright a light, that the fmalleft objects 
could be clearly diftinguifhed at any place within fix 
miles or more of Vefuvius. 
The black ftormy clouds palling fwiftly over, and at. 
times covering the whole or a part of, the bright column 
of 
