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SICILY AND MALTA. 117
not a great way farther, I observed several
liltle mountains that seemed to have been
formed by a late eruption. I dismounted
from my mule, and climbed to the top of
them all. They are seven in number; every
one of them with a regular cup or crater
on the top, and in some the great gulph or
(as they call it) Voragine, that had discharg-
ed the burnt matter of which these little
mountains are formed, is still open. I
tumbled stones down into these gulphs, and
heard the noise for a long time after. All
the fields round, to a considerable distance,
are covered with large burnt stones dis-
charged from these little volcanos.
From this place, it is not less than five or
six miles to the great chesnut-trees, through
forests growing out of the lava, in several
places almost impassable. Of these trees
there are many of an enormous size ; but
the Castagno de Cento Cavalli is by much
the most celebrated. I have even found it
I 3 marked
not a great way farther, I observed several
liltle mountains that seemed to have been
formed by a late eruption. I dismounted
from my mule, and climbed to the top of
them all. They are seven in number; every
one of them with a regular cup or crater
on the top, and in some the great gulph or
(as they call it) Voragine, that had discharg-
ed the burnt matter of which these little
mountains are formed, is still open. I
tumbled stones down into these gulphs, and
heard the noise for a long time after. All
the fields round, to a considerable distance,
are covered with large burnt stones dis-
charged from these little volcanos.
From this place, it is not less than five or
six miles to the great chesnut-trees, through
forests growing out of the lava, in several
places almost impassable. Of these trees
there are many of an enormous size ; but
the Castagno de Cento Cavalli is by much
the most celebrated. I have even found it
I 3 marked