“ through the stones and mud, as in the other springs,
“ flows downward with a considerable velocity, in a
‘ ‘ small 1 collected stream. Its temperature has been
“ found not to exceed one hundred and-twelve degrees.
to The hand conid Be easily kept in it fora, considerable
“ time. It is a pretty strong chalybeate. The sides-df
“ the rockwhencedt-issues, ahd-of the cavity into which
“ it falls, are incrusted with ochre deposited from it.
“ This -is the water used by the seamen dwelling upon
“ the island. They feel no inconvenience from its use ;
“ and habit has reconciled them to its Taste r When the
“ great crater is viewed from the high ground, it appears
“ !to have feeën originally a perfect circle; but §fo| have
“ been encroached uponhy the sea on the eastern side,
“ where the flood tide strikes violently. The rocks;df
“ iöva, which formed the edge o f tire cratermn that side,
*■ have fallen down. The depth of-the water inTfe
“ "crater is about one hundred and seventy feet, render-
“ ing the whole height of the crater, from die bottom
“ to its upper ridge, nearly, if not quite, nine hundred
“ feet. The lofty rocks, forming this ridge, areothe
“ highest parts of the island, which seem to have heen
“ originally produced fey the melted lava, flowing down
“ on all -sides from hence; Thus; there is a gradnd
“ slope from the sedges o f the crater to the sea: and the
“ lava, tho very irregular, and lying in mixed ruin
“ and confusion immediatelyaroundthe crater, assumes
“ a;more uniform appearance at: some distance, layer
‘ ‘ resting] regjajarly upon layer, W’it^&#graduitb doaffc- «
“ .Vtlty the whole-way’down.!t(^dhe;tss^a.i ThiefdïSpor
Ê sjtipn of the; layers; ^particularly* observable in the
“’West side; where they-'happemto terminate in an abrupt
precipice, Theieruptisws that took places at different
“ jperiodsy appear hère distinctly marked fby^the different
“'layers tbafeafej found with regular divisions between
Jfthem, theiglaSsy-lava;being: undermost-; Abe jcckmpaetv
■“ ;nexfc; thfe (eillular.rkvainextabove; bYeVdtkhffvHc&icl
|5 ashe-s. and 'lighter substances.;iàndi.-aj layëité^vé^etabié
‘ g -m^ldnoyh»^ * S
Tfe& island-appeaisv indeed, ims.udi'aistateiof vbfeàrlitçï
inflammation» fhat'.ffom the shbpsudecks at might'were
'Island'of
Amsterdam,
upon fhe heights o f the island, sevef&kchrësf
out -of ;tho-crevices* of the darth; .more iconsidefK-
.ahJje,: -but in other rcspe.btSj.f esembling?- somewhat» ■ dale
n%hdy"dam.es atTs®ïfe Mala, in the mountains hetwe&s
TJ'oeenee i and «dfolpgna / lOjrvthose « naan -Bradi^ymn Lanca-
shire, -oef a^ioned ;by iSonte. of^thetcbli pitsihaviiïg tak-ekj
hre. In thfi-dajy, nothing more Than- ismoke^cohMjfbë
perceived..
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fortyetsyosminutes >south .laùifeude^)ian;diïr^e^nt^èsixide>
g#ees. hflyifour'. minutes - longitude! -easti of aGheertasicàl
iThlrwariatiQn ofnthe compass ia>tbÿg»dÉtj^ayp8»ww«»
nineteen idegEiés .fifty minaiteSi 'wtestseawboft <hieî«iïe»fih