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(13) bring into it, having overwhelmed, burnt, and deoyed the greateſt part of Torre del Greco, the prinal ſtream of lava having taken its coarſe through very center of the town. They obſerved from ples, that when the lava was in the vineyards in way to the town, there iſſued often, and in difent parts of it, bright pale flame, and very ferent from the deep red of the lava; this was aſioned by the burning of the trees that ſupted the vines. Soon after the beginning of this ption, aſhes fell thick at the foot of the mounn, all the way from Fortici to the Torre del Greco and what is remarkable, although there were at that time any clouds in the air, except thoſe ſmoke from the mountain, the aſhes were wet, accompanied with large drops of water, which e to the taſte very ſalt; the road, which is pav was as wet as it there had been a heavy ſhower rain. Thoſe aſhes were black and coarſe, like ſand of the ſea-ſhore, whereas thoſe that fell re, and at Naples ſome days after, were of a grey colour, and as fine as Spaniſh ſnuff, or der bark. They contained many ſaline particles; e aſhes that lay on the ground, expoſed to the ning ſun, had a coat of the whiteſt powder on their ace, which to the taſte was extremely ſalt and gent. In the printed account of the eruption manuel Scotti, doctor of phyſic and profeſſor philoſophy in the univerſity of Naples: he ſups (which appears to be highly probable) that water which accompanied the fall of the aſhes the beginning of the eruption, as produced by mixture of the inflammable and dpbleent air.

By the time that the lava had reached be ſea, een five and ſix o'clock in the morning of the, Veſuvius was ſo completely involved in ir.