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SICILY AND MALTA. 135
LETTER VII.
Catania, May 25th.
'JpHE road from Jaci to this city is en-
tirely over lava, and consequently very
fatiguing and troublesome. Within a few
miles of that place, we counted eight moun-
tains formed by eruption, with every one
its crater, from whence the burnt matter
was discharged. Some of these are very
high, and of a great compass. It appears
evidently, that the eruptions of mount
iEtna have formed the whole of this coast,
and in many places have driven back the
sea for several miles from its ancient boun-
dary. The account the Sicilian authors
give of the conssict betwixt these two ad-
verse elements is truly tremendous; and in
relating it, they seem to have been ssiaken
with horror. Conceive the front of a tor-
rent of fire, ten miles in breadth, and
K 4 heaped
LETTER VII.
Catania, May 25th.
'JpHE road from Jaci to this city is en-
tirely over lava, and consequently very
fatiguing and troublesome. Within a few
miles of that place, we counted eight moun-
tains formed by eruption, with every one
its crater, from whence the burnt matter
was discharged. Some of these are very
high, and of a great compass. It appears
evidently, that the eruptions of mount
iEtna have formed the whole of this coast,
and in many places have driven back the
sea for several miles from its ancient boun-
dary. The account the Sicilian authors
give of the conssict betwixt these two ad-
verse elements is truly tremendous; and in
relating it, they seem to have been ssiaken
with horror. Conceive the front of a tor-
rent of fire, ten miles in breadth, and
K 4 heaped