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u fields, villages, and towns, at a considerable 
“ distance. The whole atmosphere was filled 
“ with sand, dust, and brimstone, so thick as to 
u occasion a continual darkness. The pumice 
u which fell in the villages, being red hot, did 
“ considerable damage. Along with the pumice 
u stones, there fell a great quantity of a dirty 
“ substance like pitch, rolled up sometimes in 
“ the form of small balls, and sometimes like 
“ rings or garlands. The falling of these hot 
“ substances was attended with great mischief, as 
e< they totally destroyed all manner of vegetation 
u that they came near. 
“ Upon the third day of this dreadful shower, 
cc the fire became very visible, and came out 
“ sometimes in a continued stream, and sorrie- 
“ times in flashes or flames, which were seen at 
“ the distance of thirty or forty miles, accom- 
“ panied at the same time with a noise like thun- 
“ der: this continued the whole summer. Upon 
u the same day that the fire first broke out, there 
“ fell a very great quantity of rain in all that 
“ neighborhood, which did almost as much harm 
“ as the fire ; inasmuch as the great quantity of 
“ cold water, that ran in vast streams upon the 
“ hot ground, tore up the earth in large cakes, and 
“ carried' it down into the lower situations; be¬ 
sides, the water of this rain was strongly im- 
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