ch a n g e s ; quantities, of fmoke. The'natives call-:this ifleTo-foba., Two.days;-
g l o b e " after, wepaffed jgajh the lhip_-between, it- anft'Og-hap, another high
ifle, divided from the.former ,b y a narrow' channel.; To^fooa was.-
' cohered up to its fu.mmit, with 'great quantities of clubweqcf (.cafaa-
rma equifetifolia)', and we law many coco-nut trees, and fomq
plantains. T h e natives allured u-s,. there, grew? bread.-fr.ui.t and;
yams.-on it, and that it- had % i-un‘o f frefli water.. Its fiiores c o n -
lifted, o f black; rocks, that had, the appearanqe of being burnt,, and-,,
the greater part; o f them had the form of pillars,, and; were- much:
honey-combed. T h e Beaches were covered with a black fand-y anct;
y/e found, on the Ihores o f the neighbouring ifle o f A -Namocka,:
many pumice-ftones. Th e fmoke rolled out o f thefummit o f the
bill in the middle o f the ifle. When we. came to the leeward- o f it,,
it rained, and our people on deck complained that the drops, falling-,
cm their eyes, produced pain. and. uneafinefs j. they fnielled; likewife:
fomething like the burning-of turf,, or- o f fome vegetables andjfgrn y
but I did not obferve thele two latter particulars, though I was
likewife all the time on deck: With the rain, fome allies fell down,
which feemed to be pieces of fmall pumice-done. On the Nprth-
Weft fide o f the ifle there was a large part o f the hill, from,whence
the fmoke iflued, which appeared to be lately burnt, for it, was all
black, and the bullies were without foliage and verdure, and only
here and there, in craggy places and: crevices, a few greens appeared.
As
As we found, no anchorage near this ifle, and fqually weather was
•coming on, we had no Opportunity to make farther obfervations on
this volcano.
When we Were in the m-idft o f the N e w-LI e-b'r id e s , having
palled W h it su n t id e Is l e , we faw a large fine ifland to thé South
o f it, which had all the appearance o f the greateft fertility and
higheft cultivation. Wè remarked on its fummit,- in two places, a
fmoke Filing] ó f a much greyer hue, than that from ordinary fire]
which we could likewife fee riling here and there on the ifle, where
the.natives drefled their viftuals... Coming afterwards to M a l l i -
tor.i.o, wé learned from the natives, that this file was called A v -
b m 'y m , and that there was a fire coming out from hills. We
obferved ■ m the SoUth-Eaft fide ó f the file,- which is gently-Hoping]
arid has a .very bSautiful appearance,- white columns o f fmoke,- roll-
zing with great velocity and ftrength out of the:fummit 0f one o f the
inland hills, Which, however, was' ndt the higheft hill -oft the ifle.
The North flldrSs óf Mallicóllo Were covered- with pumicé'-ftörtéé o f
various fee's, ,
Thefe obvious remarks on this volcano, were all that our very
fhort ftay at Mallicollo, and in its neighbourhood, would .permit
ns to, make. ,
Tli’e ifle. oT T 'anNA' was leerf fey us, after 'vWTèft iRifbiii-ANGir.
Thé night preceding our larrbai,' we' obferved a' very great fire on
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