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Excerpt from Russell's Magazine, Vol. 5: April-September, 1859
But the considerable dilapidation of some cones, and the elevated position of their currents relatively to the surrounding soil are strong indications of superior antiquity, particularly when coinciding with the testimony afforded by the con dition of the lava currents. Ai though comparatively recent, the eruptions of these cones must have occurred previous to the earliest records of the locality, in which no mention is made of em tious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
