TITLE XII. Of Sulphur and Inflammable Particles in the Air; and of Lightning, and it's Effect.
* 1.1A Neopolitan Lord told me, that Riding upon Sulphureous Ground, the Horses Feet would raise a Dust, which would be ready to take Fire; and when purposely, he had caus∣ed several pieces of that Earth to be cut like Turffs, and to be laid in a heap, in the Night, the Steams which plentifully rose from them, would sometimes take Flame; And the same Lord told me, that near Mount Vesuvius, He observ'd the Flame so violent, than when Measured by a Quardrant, it appear∣ed to be near two Miles high above the Top of the Mountain, and that great Flakes of Fire were thrown up into the Air as big as the Room we talked in.
Voila tout ce qu' on peut dire cette Isle, qui semple un enfer car on voit la mer du port,* 1.2 & de la coste toute noire & brûlee d'un petit escuel, qui paroist depuis environ soixan∣te ans, & d'ou on vit sortir en ce temps la une