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Force of that Fiery Matter in Pressing forward, and not its Burning, that ovcr-threw the Buildings, as plainly appeared in the Convent of the Benedici ins andin the Fown-fValls, where the great Dcluge of Fire did pour it seif; icnot Brcaking into the City, hüt pouring it seif over the Walls, as hath betnfaidi

Unto this very Time, Vis said to have run aMile into the Sea, and as muchin Front, though ic was much lels, when we were there. The Shore goesgently declining ; having at the excremity of the Sciarri about y Fathom?, and■about half as much they are above Water. The Superficies of the Water, for2.0 Foot or morc of those Rtvolets of Fire , was Hotter than to endure one’sHand in it, though Deeper it was more Temperate; and those live Sciamstill retained their Fire under Water, as we läw, when the Surges of the Searetreated back in their ordinary Reverberations.

The general face of thesc Sciarri is in sonne respect not much unlike, fromthe Beginning to the End, to the River of Thames in a great Frost, at the topof the Ice above Bridge ; I mean lying alter such a Rugged mariner in greatFlakes, but its Colour is quite different, being most of a Dark Dusky Blew, andsome 8 tones or Rocks, of avast bignels, dose and solid

But notwithstanding their Ruggednefs, and störe of Fire, which we couldsee glowing in the Clefts and Cavities, we made a (bist to ramble over a goodpart of them ; as *tis seid also, that People would do the lame in its greatestviolence of Burning. For as those live Sciarri, and those River s of Fire them-selves, were so tough and impenetrable as to bear any Weight, so the superfi-cies of the Sciarri might be touched and Handled, the Fire being inward, andnot to be discerned but near Hand, especially in the Day time: And ’twassomewhat a stränge Light to see so great a River come so tamely forward ; for,as ic approachcd unto any House, they not only at good leisüie removed theirCjoods, but the very TilCs and Beams, and what eise was Movcable.

I lhall add, that the whole Country, from the very Walls of Gatania to 20Miles on this side, is füll ol those Old Sciarri , which former Eruytions havecast forth, though the People Remcmbcr none so Big as this last, or that Durstout so low. This Country is notwithstanding well Cultivated and Inhabited ;for length of Time hath either Molifyed much of thole Oid Sciarri, or newMould or Albes have overgrown them ; though there still remains muchCountry, which, it may be, will never be made lerviceable.

What is the Perpcndicular Heighc of thi< Mountain, ! cannot learn. Itcan-not perhaps be rightly taken, being so fubject to alter its Height and Shape.But it is a very goodly Mountain to look upon, as one paffes by Seato the E.stward, standing Alone by it seif, Riiing from the veryShore; ane! at (bortest Puifage is reckoncd Twenty Miles up to theTop, though from Gatania it hath Thirry Miles as belore.

A good Quantity ol Aßies being taken up in diverse parts of and a-bout ts£tna ; some at the Top, or the Mouth ol the new made Mountain,so nie a Mile oft, lome Tour, (orne Ten Miles ; some but Halt a Mile Di-stant, and ochers on ehe Skirts ol the said Mountain ; the four first weresound very Dry like Dust ; but the two latrer being very Moist, though

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