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bring into it, having overwhelmed, burnt, and de(illegible text)oyed the greateſt part of Torre del Greco, the prin(illegible text)al ſtream of lava having taken its coarſe through (illegible text) very center of the town. They obſerved from (illegible text)ples, that when the lava was in the vineyards in way to the town, there iſſued often, and in dif(illegible text)ent parts of it, bright pale flame, and very (illegible text)ferent from the deep red of the lava; this was (illegible text)aſioned by the burning of the trees that ſup(illegible text)ted the vines. Soon after the beginning of this (illegible text)ption, aſhes fell thick at the foot of the moun(illegible text)n, all the way from Fortici to the Torre del Greco and what is remarkable, although there were at that time any clouds in the air, except thoſe ſmoke from the mountain, the aſhes were wet, accompanied with large drops of water, which (illegible text)e to the taſte very ſalt; the road, which is pav(illegible text) was as wet as it there had been a heavy ſhower (illegible text) rain. Thoſe aſhes were black and coarſe, like ſand of the ſea-ſhore, whereas thoſe that fell (illegible text)re, and at Naples ſome days after, were of a (illegible text) grey colour, and as fine as Spaniſh ſnuff, or (illegible text)der bark. They contained many ſaline particles; (illegible text)e aſhes that lay on the ground, expoſed to the (illegible text)ning ſun, had a coat of the whiteſt powder on their (illegible text)ace, which to the taſte was extremely ſalt and (illegible text)gent. In the printed account of the eruption (illegible text)manuel Scotti, doctor of phyſic and profeſſor (illegible text) philoſophy in the univerſity of Naples: he ſup(illegible text)s (which appears to be highly probable) that water which accompanied the fall of the aſhes the beginning of the eruption, as produced by mixture of the inflammable and d(illegible text)pble(illegible text)ent air.
By the time that the lava had reached be ſea, (illegible text)een five and ſix o'clock in the morning of the (illegible text), Veſuvius was ſo completely involved in ir.
