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 Reſina and Torre del Greco. Sir William Hamilton could count fifteen of them, but believes were others obſcured by the ſmoke. It ſeems probable, that all theſe fountains of fire, from being in ſuch an exact line, proceeded from o and the ſame long fiſſure down the flanks of the mountain, and that the lava and other  matter forced its way out of the wideſt parts of the crack, and formed there the little mountains and craters that will be deſcribed in their proper  It is impoſſible that any deſcription can give an  of the blazing ſcene, or of the horrid noiſes that attended this great operation of nature. It was mixture of the loudeſt thunder, with inceſſant reports, like thoſe from a numerous heavy artillery accompanied by a continued hollow murmer, like that of the roaring of the o eanocean [sic] during a violent ſtorm; and, added to there was another blowing noiſe, like that of the aſcending of a large flight of ſky-rockets, or that which is produced by the action of the enormous bellows on the furnace of the Carron iron foundery in Scotland. The frequent falling of the huge ſtones and ſcoriæ, which were thrown up to an incredible height from ſome of the new mouths, one of which having been ſince meaſured by the Abbe Tata was ten feet high, and thirty-five in circumference, contributed undoubtedly to the concuſſion of the earth and air, which kept all the houſes at Naples for ſeveral hours in conſtant tremor, every door and window ſhaking and rattling inceſſantly, and the bells ringing. This was an awful moment! The ſky, from a bright full moon and ſtarlight, began to be obſcured; the moon had preſently the appearance of being in an eclipſe, and ſoon after was totally loft in obſcurity. The murmer of the prayers and lamentations of numerous populace forming various proceſſions