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272 A TOUR THROUGH
ther comes too near Sir Richard's fit of
the colic.
Thuc)Tdides speaks of three eruptions of
this mountain ; but is not so particular as
we could have wished. He does not men-
tion the date of the first; but says, it was
the earlier! after the arrival of the Greeks
in Sicily. The second happened about the
time of the 77th Olympiad, and the last
in that of the 88th, which was nearly
about the period when Pindar wrote ; so
that we cannot doubt that his description
is taken from the accounts he had heard
of some of those eruptions, the circum-
stances of which, no doubt, at that time,
had afforded matter of conversation all
over Greece.
I think we may now try to take leave of
iEtna, though I am afraid, during the re-
mainder of our expedition, we shall meet
with
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ther comes too near Sir Richard's fit of
the colic.
Thuc)Tdides speaks of three eruptions of
this mountain ; but is not so particular as
we could have wished. He does not men-
tion the date of the first; but says, it was
the earlier! after the arrival of the Greeks
in Sicily. The second happened about the
time of the 77th Olympiad, and the last
in that of the 88th, which was nearly
about the period when Pindar wrote ; so
that we cannot doubt that his description
is taken from the accounts he had heard
of some of those eruptions, the circum-
stances of which, no doubt, at that time,
had afforded matter of conversation all
over Greece.
I think we may now try to take leave of
iEtna, though I am afraid, during the re-
mainder of our expedition, we shall meet
with
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