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proceeded from that part of the bay. Had the
sky not been perfectly serene, one would have
considered it to be thunder. Towards mine
o'clock, however, a little fire appeared at the
old crater, and left us no longer in doubt a-
bout the cause of the intonations. At a few
minutes past 11, it burst forth in all its fury,
throwing out stones to a great height. In
three hours afterwards, the lava rolled forth
in two grand streams, one taking towards
Resina, where the King's villa, called La
Favorita, is situated, and the other inclining
in a more southerly direction to Torre del
Annunciata The torrent of lava which flows
towards Resina has already covered 100 acres
of ground. The showers of ashes darken the
sky, and fall even in the streets of the capital.
The stones which have fallen at Bosco-Tre-
Case have accumulated to the height of five
palms. The eruptions of stones are frequent,
and the sounds which issue from the moun-
tain are frightful. All the people who lived
near the volcano have fled. About 800 per-
sons from the neighbouring villages have
been received by order of the police and pre-
fecture.
"Oct. 25.—The fire seems to-ray to be
spent, but as the wind has changed to the
south-east, or, as it is called Sirocco, the
smoke and ashes have come over Naples, and
the mountain, with Portici, and all along the
