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earth, and on the following morning a volcano was obſerved to have broken out on the ſouth-eaſt ſide of the peak. During the firſt days after its eruption, it appeared to have fifteen mouths, their number was ſoon reduced to twelve, and at the end of a month only two were to be ſeen, which threw out with their lava large maſſes of rock, that often preſerved their line of projection for a ſpace of fifteen ſeconds before they fell to the ground."
Before our arrival at Teneriffe our veſſels had been ſo encumbered with their ſtores, that we ſcarcely knew how to diſpoſe of our crew.
