Rollo in Naples . i Mllii, - ; ,iilnK. fS/ . : .. ? ? . ........ ...... .. ... S:&t TOIL«»1 OS;!;«? Sill?.?..../jv-;;-;-; The Summit. 139 Action of the cone. Rosie is at first afraid. it. The surface of this lava lay in wave-likecorrugations, like the hide of a rhinoceros, show-ing that it was or had been semi-fluid. In thecentre rose a great, black, rounded cone, like thecupola of an immense blast furnace. This conewas about fifty feet high, and there was an open-ing at the top eight or ten feet in diameter,which glowed with a furious heat, and emittedquietly, but continually, a red-hot breat
Rollo in Naples . i Mllii, - ; ,iilnK. fS/ . : .. ? ? . ........ ...... .. ... S:&t TOIL«»1 OS;!;«? Sill?.?..../jv-;;-;-; The Summit. 139 Action of the cone. Rosie is at first afraid. it. The surface of this lava lay in wave-likecorrugations, like the hide of a rhinoceros, show-ing that it was or had been semi-fluid. In thecentre rose a great, black, rounded cone, like thecupola of an immense blast furnace. This conewas about fifty feet high, and there was an open-ing at the top eight or ten feet in diameter,which glowed with a furious heat, and emittedquietly, but continually, a red-hot breath of sul-phurous vapor. After remaining thus quiet for a few moments,suddenly it would give a gasp, and immediatelyafterwards there would burst forth a thunderingexplosion, which seemed to come up from a greatdepth below, and threw into the air a shower ofstones and scraps of molten lava, which, after as-cending to a great height, came down again, andfell, with a dripping sound, upon and around thecone. Similar ex
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