Curiosities and wonders > Awful phenomena of nature -- burning mountains

Burning- Mountains.
A N ACCOUNT OF
The late Eruption of Vesuvius.
One Of the grandest, and at the same time ;
the most awful spectacles in nature is that ,
of an active volcano, throwing out ashes, [
pumice stones, and cinders, and pouring i
forth a torrent of ignited lava, which, like i
a vast deluge of liquid fire, lays waste the
country over which it runs, and buries all |
the works of human art.
Volcanoes, are found in almost all parts
of the world, but most commonly in the
neighbourhood of the sea, and especially in
small islands; for instance, in Italy, Sicily, ,
Iceland, Japan, the Caribee, Canary, and
Cape Verd Islands, and the Azores. There