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VIEW 
OF THE 
I 
INTERIOR OF THE CRATER OF THE 
PEAK OF TENERIFFE, 
PLATE LIV. 
As the views of the Cordilleras form, at the same 
time, the picturesque Atlas of the narrative of 
the journey to the tropics, I have added this 
plate, though it has no relation to the new con- 
tinent. It represents the summit of the Piton, or 
Sugarloaf, which contains the Caldera of the 
Peak of Teneriffe. We perceive the rapid de- 
clivity of the cone covered with volcanic ashes ; 
a circular wall of lava surrounding the crater, 
which is no other than a solfatara ; and a large 
breach in the wall on the western side. I had 
sketched this drawing in a mere geological point 
of view ; the lithoid lavas, preyed on by the 
constant action of the vapours of sulphuric acid. 
