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5o A TOUR THROUGH
jssand at some little distance from the old;
which piece of intelligence was one of our
great inducements to this expedition. We
think we have discovered this issand, as we
have observed several times the appearance
of a small ssame arising out of the sea,
a little to the south-west of Strombolo;
and suppose it must have issued from this
new issand; but it is possible this light may
come from the lower part of the issand of
Strombolo itself. We shall see to-morrow.
18th. We are still off Strombolo, but
unfortunately at present it intercepts the
view of that spot from whence we ob-
served the ssame to arise, and we can see
no appearance of any new issand, nor in-
deed of any lava that has of late sprung
from the old one. We have a distinft
view of the crater of Strombolo, which
seems to be disferent from Vesuvius, and
all the old volcanos that surround Naples.
Of these, the craters are without excep-
tion
jssand at some little distance from the old;
which piece of intelligence was one of our
great inducements to this expedition. We
think we have discovered this issand, as we
have observed several times the appearance
of a small ssame arising out of the sea,
a little to the south-west of Strombolo;
and suppose it must have issued from this
new issand; but it is possible this light may
come from the lower part of the issand of
Strombolo itself. We shall see to-morrow.
18th. We are still off Strombolo, but
unfortunately at present it intercepts the
view of that spot from whence we ob-
served the ssame to arise, and we can see
no appearance of any new issand, nor in-
deed of any lava that has of late sprung
from the old one. We have a distinft
view of the crater of Strombolo, which
seems to be disferent from Vesuvius, and
all the old volcanos that surround Naples.
Of these, the craters are without excep-
tion