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DISCOVERIES UPON THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE, 31
sess that faculty, must be of an amphibious class; and
hence the discovery of them, would be a very great deside-
ratum in Natural History. As yet their existence may be
very fairly questioned. In all these hot-springs, the de-
gree of heat is generally the same. In the water, Fahren-
heit’s thermometer rose to 182 degrees; out of it the smoke
or vapour near the surface, stood at 90. Several springs
are so much agitated, that the thermometer cannot be in-
troduced. The water in this quarter, however, is some-
what hotter than that of any other springs in Iceland.”
Pardon of Francis Smith, for killing T. Millwood;
See Page G5 of the present Number.
Much to the satisfaction of the people at large, he received a pardon on
. Wednesday the 25th instant, upon condition of remaining in prison one
twelvemonth ; and thus it appears, that the intent of the Jury’s first ver-
dict, has been very properly acted upon.
New and accurate Discoveries upon the Peak of
Teneriffe.
M. Cordier, in May last, 1803, ascended to the sum-
mit of this mountain, on a scientific survey. He found
the height of the Peak to be 1901 toises above the level
of the sea. The crater, which is of an elliptic form, is
about 1200 feet in circumference, and 110 in depth ; its
edges are perfectly steep in the inside, and consists of a
snow-white earth, the result of the decomposition of the
blackest and hardest vitreous and porphyritis lava—crystals
of sulphur covered all the surrounding rocks. M. Cordier
slid to the bottom of the crater, from whence issued a warm
sulphureous vapour, proceeding through innumerable cre-
vices, from, he supposes, the depth of several leagues, and
retaining a great intensity of heat. The thermometer, ex-
posed in a crevice, speedily rose to 80 degrees, and would
have risen higher had the length of the tube admitted ; the
vapour
sess that faculty, must be of an amphibious class; and
hence the discovery of them, would be a very great deside-
ratum in Natural History. As yet their existence may be
very fairly questioned. In all these hot-springs, the de-
gree of heat is generally the same. In the water, Fahren-
heit’s thermometer rose to 182 degrees; out of it the smoke
or vapour near the surface, stood at 90. Several springs
are so much agitated, that the thermometer cannot be in-
troduced. The water in this quarter, however, is some-
what hotter than that of any other springs in Iceland.”
Pardon of Francis Smith, for killing T. Millwood;
See Page G5 of the present Number.
Much to the satisfaction of the people at large, he received a pardon on
. Wednesday the 25th instant, upon condition of remaining in prison one
twelvemonth ; and thus it appears, that the intent of the Jury’s first ver-
dict, has been very properly acted upon.
New and accurate Discoveries upon the Peak of
Teneriffe.
M. Cordier, in May last, 1803, ascended to the sum-
mit of this mountain, on a scientific survey. He found
the height of the Peak to be 1901 toises above the level
of the sea. The crater, which is of an elliptic form, is
about 1200 feet in circumference, and 110 in depth ; its
edges are perfectly steep in the inside, and consists of a
snow-white earth, the result of the decomposition of the
blackest and hardest vitreous and porphyritis lava—crystals
of sulphur covered all the surrounding rocks. M. Cordier
slid to the bottom of the crater, from whence issued a warm
sulphureous vapour, proceeding through innumerable cre-
vices, from, he supposes, the depth of several leagues, and
retaining a great intensity of heat. The thermometer, ex-
posed in a crevice, speedily rose to 80 degrees, and would
have risen higher had the length of the tube admitted ; the
vapour