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(15) 15, who from either age or infirmity could not moved, and were overwhelmed by the lava in ir houſes) eſcaped either to Caſtel-a-mare, ch was the ancient Stabiae, or to Naples; but rapid progreſs of the lava was ſuch, after it had red its courſe from Reſina; which town it firſt threatened, and had joined a freſh lava that iſſued m one of the new mouths in a vineyard, about ile from the town, that it ran like a torrent over town of Torre del Greco, allowing the unfortunate inhabitants ſcarcely time to ſave their lives; r goods and effects were totally abandoned, and eed ſeveral of the inhabitants, whoſe houſes had n ſurounded with lava while they remained in m, eſcaped from them, and ſaved their lives the lowing day, by coming out of the tops of their fes, and walking over the ſcoriae on the ſurface the redhot lava. Five or fix old nuns were taout of a convent in this manner, on the 16th June, and carried over the hot lava; their ſtupi was ſuch, as not to have been the leaſt alarm or ſenſible of their danger: one of upwards of ety years of age was found actually warming her at a point of redhot lava, which touched the dow of her cell, and which ſhe ſaid was very fortable; and though now apprzed of their ger, they were ſtill very unwilling to leave the ent, in which she had been ſhut up almoſt  their infancy, their ideas being as limited as  ſpace they inhabited. Having been deſired to up whatever they had that was moſt valuable, all loaded themſelves with biſcuits and ſweet s, and it was but by accident it was diſcovered they had left a ſum of money behind them, h was recovered for them.

The lava paſſed over the center and beſt part of town, no part of the cathedral remained above