ral water, whoſe virtues are extolled for the cure of many diſorders; in ſome places the water is ſo very hot, as to boil an egg, &c. in leſs time than boiling water, and this heat is retained at ſome diſtance from its ſource.
Theſe ſulphureous mountains are certainly among the moſt wonderful phænomena of nature, and command our aſtoniſhment and admiration. To ſee vaſt traces of land on fire, whoſe ſmoke, like clouds, ſtretches far around; brimſtone in flames, like ſtreams of water iſſuing from the ſides of precipices; in the vallies large holes full of bituminous matter, boiling and bubbling like a caldron; the earth trembling under the tread, and burſting out with loud exploſions, are objects truly terrific to the beholders; who, on the ſpot, are ſtruck with awe and admiration, on viewing ſuch dreadful works of the Al-
