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24 A TOUR THROUGH
countries, is in fact the very power that
produces them. Indeed, this part of our
earth seems already to have undergone the
sentence pronounced upon the whole of it;
But, like the phoenix, has risen again
from its own ashes, in much greater beauty
and splendour than before it was consumed.
The traces of these dreadful conssagrations
are sull conspicuous in every corner; they
have been violent in their operations, but
in the end have proved salutary in their
effects. The fire in many places is not
yet extinguished, but Vesuvius is now the
only spot where it rages with any degree
of activity.
Mr. Hamilton, our minister here, who
is no less distinguished in the learned, than
in the polite world, has lately examined
it with a truly philosophic eye, and this is
the result of all his observations; however,
at present, I only sit down to give you an
account of the prospect of this Angular
country,
countries, is in fact the very power that
produces them. Indeed, this part of our
earth seems already to have undergone the
sentence pronounced upon the whole of it;
But, like the phoenix, has risen again
from its own ashes, in much greater beauty
and splendour than before it was consumed.
The traces of these dreadful conssagrations
are sull conspicuous in every corner; they
have been violent in their operations, but
in the end have proved salutary in their
effects. The fire in many places is not
yet extinguished, but Vesuvius is now the
only spot where it rages with any degree
of activity.
Mr. Hamilton, our minister here, who
is no less distinguished in the learned, than
in the polite world, has lately examined
it with a truly philosophic eye, and this is
the result of all his observations; however,
at present, I only sit down to give you an
account of the prospect of this Angular
country,