Fi
hose, are manufactured at Clermont. Wood
for fuel is scarce and d e a r; the land of
the Limagne is too rich and valuable to
be covered with forests, and the volcanic
mountains on the west are too arid and
sterile to admit the growth o f timber, or
any thing much larger than brush-wood.
CHAP. IX.
C L E R M O N T TO R I O M . LA V A O F V O L V IC . VOL CAN
O A N D C R A T E R O F N U G E R R E . O B S E R V A
T IO N S ON IT S IN T E R N A L F O RM . — ON T H E
G R A N IT E IN W H IC H T H E V O L C A N O E S OF
A U V E R G N E A R E P L A C E D . E X C U R S IO N TO T H E
P U Y D E C H O P IN E . A T H U N D E R - S T O R M ON
T H E M O U N T A IN S .— A G E N E R A L V IEW O F C E R T
A IN V O L C A N IC M O U N T A IN S C O N N E C T E D W I T H
T H E PU Y D E C H O P IN E . O P IN IO N S O F S E V E -
R A L G EO L O G IS T S R E S P E C T IN G T H E M . ----- P U Y
D E C H O P IN E , A M O U N T A IN P A R T L Y COMPO
S E D OF G R A N U ’E AND P A R T L Y OF V O L C A N IC
M A T T E R , P L A C E D W IT H IN A L A R G E C R A T E R .
V O L C A N IC M O U N T A IN S SO U TH OF C L E R M O N T ;
T H E IR S IM IL A R IT Y TO R O C K S R E G A R D E D AS
P R IM I T I V E . ON T H E P R O B A B I L I T Y OF F U T
U R E V O L C A N IC E R U P T IO N S IN A U V E R G N E .
C A T H O L IC M IS S IO N A R IE S IN F R A N C E . R IO M TO
P A R I S . ----- M O U L IN S . — N E V E R S . ----- M O N T A R G IS .
— F O N T A IN B L E A U . P O R C E L A IN M A N U F A C T U R E
OF SEVE S . ----- F U N E R A L OF T H E A B B E H A U Y .
A f t e r leaving Clermont we proceeded to
Riom, situated eight miles north of the