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mutl have been published by Muller, and by ciiap. 
Kcempfer, in Germany; and different travellers <■ — 
have given an account of similar phenomena at 
Makuba in Sicily. At present there is nothing 
remarkable to be seen at Prehla, excepting 
boiling springs within the cavities whence the 
eruptions of fire and mud proceeded ; remaining, 
although perfectly cool, in a constant state of 
ebullition’. 
Two marble columns were lying before the 
church at Taman, each consisting of one entire 
block, about eighteen inches in diameter. Their 
capitals were of white marble, (although the 
shafts were of Cipolino ,*) beautifully sculptured : 
(3) We took a ride with our Cossack host, to see the mire foun- 
tains mentioned by Pallas. The first thing we were shewn, was a 
circular area, resembling the crater of a small volcano. In the centre 
was a heap of stones, which, with the surrounding mud, appeared im- 
pregnated with sulphur. In one place was a pool of water, without 
ar >y particular taste. About 500 yards distant was another circle, but 
much smaller, all of soft mud ; and in the centre was a little hole, 
whence slowly bubbled out a nauseous black fluid, like bilge-water. 
By treadiijg on any part of the mud, more matter oozed from the 
wound ; for the W'hole had the appearance of one vast sore. We thrust 
°ur sticks into the mud, but found no bottom ; and on withdrawing 
fhem, a similar kind of fluid rose through the apertures they had made. 
Jhere was another, precisely similar, at a small distance; and very 
Near this last, a well of water, resembling that of Harrowgate, in 
tas te, smell, and sparkling.’ 1 Heber’s A/S. Journal. 
(4) Cipolino is a name given by Italians to an impure marble, con- 
taining veins ofschistus: this decomposes, and then the mass exfoliates, 
ailing off into flakes, like the coats of an onion. ‘ 
