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rith divided into large farms, we fhall 
find the poor better off than when di- 
vided into fmal! ones. The fmall far- 
mer performs that part of hufbandry 
himfelf, for which the labourer would 
receive the higheft price. The large 
farmer’s attention being his chief em- 
pioy, he lets the poor the beft, with the 
yeft of the labour, Thus, on the {core 
of happinefs, as it immeédiately affects 
the perfons concerned and employed in 
agriculture, the balance is equal. 
T remain, fir, 
Your mof obedient fervant, 
Kelfeall, — n. 16, 1797. 7 a ae 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
i ges following particulars, relative to 
the recent eruption of a fingula 
fpecies of VOLCANO, in an ifland of 
the Crimea, I lately received frem the 
continent ; I conceive fuch an article t 
be confonant with the generally ule 
plan of your Work. 
On the 27th of February, 1796, abo. 
Sd 
iul 
ut 
eight o’clock in the morning, on a pint ' 
2 
4 
of Jand which lies a few miles northo 
‘Taman, a fubterraneous noife, refem- 
bling thunder, was fuddesly heard to 
proceed from under a fmal]! mountain, 
fituated in the diftri€t of Putfche, in 
one of the iflands of the Crimea. Soon 
~afterwards, there was feen to arife from 
the fummit of the mountain, a thick 
column of fmoke, which changed, aiter 
an interyal of fome minutes, into fire, 
in the fhape uf a fheaf, and retained this 
appearance for the fpace of half an hour. 
The mountain then began to throw out, 
taghe diftance of a furlong. an argilla- 
ceous matter, and a number of ftones, 
jn which a mixture of this matter was 
obfervable. 
On the day following, the whole fur- 
face of the ground lying round the 
mountain, was found to be overfpread 
with this new ftratum, reaching to a 
confiderable height. It was not until the 
third day, that the eruption entirely 
ceafed. During the whole of this time, 
flames were feen to flafh out at intervals, 
and a noife, not unlike that made by 
boiling water, was occafionaly heard im 
the intertor of the mountain. This 
phenomenon (examples fimilar to which, 
according tc Boccone and Howel, occur 
fometimes in Sicily) 1s the more remarks 
able, as it ferves to throw fome light on 
the phyfical conttitution of the foil of 
the countries wherein they are found. 
Volcano in the Crimea...Sepulchral Caverns. 
_ [Feb. 
The circumftance may alfo be illuftrated 
by the obfervation, that a number of 
circular apertures have been noticed, for 
a length of time paft, on certain emi- 
nences ia the ifland of Phanagoria, and 
from thefe iffued, continualiy, a filthy 
fluid flime, which is, in many inftances, 
blended with naphtha; an appearance 
which abundantly juftifies the conje€ture, 
that in the internal {oil of the. ifland, 
much combufiible matter may be lodged. 
Former hypothefes made on the fubjeé& 
of WVolcanos, have certainly received 
fone additional confirmation from the 
circumftance of this recent eruption. 
Your’s, &c. age 
2 EES 
To the Editor of :he Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
S many exaggerated accounts have 
~ appeared of the cavern lately difco- 
vered et Burrington-Coome, in Somer- 
ferfhire, an authentic defcription may, 
($3 
ro) 
t 
perhaps, be acceptable to your readers. 
It was related in the newfpapers, that 
thirty tkeletons were difcovered, perfcét, 
nd lying north and fouth, the bones ce- 
mented to the rock: but neither was 
there any perfect fkeleton, or any appa- 
rent regularity in the mode of laying 
them. ‘The entrance -to the cavern 15 
by a fieep defcent: from the irregular 
manner in which the ikulis lie, it ap- 
pears, that the bodies were thrown down 
arelefsly ; and I am confirmed in the 
opiaion, by obferving, that though the 
cavern extends one hundred and thirty 
feet, there are no bones farther in than 
a body thrown from the aperture would 
have fallen; none of the fimaller bones 
remain. The ékulls are incrufied with 
alaétytes, and crumble away when an 
attempt is made to remove them. 
A fepulchral vault was difcovered, fome 
few years back, near Nimlet, in the 
netghbourhcod, but it has been deftroy- 
ed, and the ftones ufed in a hime-kiln 
near! Of this I could get no other in- 
formation. Jn the parith of Budcome 
there is another, which I vifited ; it is 
fhaped thus : 
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