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Oct.] earth, and on the following morning a volcano was oberved to have broken out on the outh-eat ide of the peak. During the firt days after its eruption, it appeared to have fifteen mouths, their number was oon reduced to twelve, and at the end of a month only two were to be een, which threw out with their lava large maes of rock, that often preerved their line of projection for a pace of fifteen econds before they fell to the ground."

Before our arrival at Teneriffe our veels had been o encumbered with their tores, that we carcely knew how to dipoe of our crew.