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p. 51 Thomas Falkner

"I was witness to a vast cloud of ashes, being carried by the winds, & darkening the whole sky." — "It passed the river Plata, & scattered its contents on both sides of the river in so that much that the grass was covered with ashes." — was caused by eruption of volcano near Mendoza. — Being near C. St. Anthony about 1746. —

Consult Horsburgh.

Falkner, Thomas. 1774. A description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America: containing an account of the soil, produce, animals, vales, mountains, rivers, lakes, &c. of those countries; the religion, government, policy, customs, dress, arms, and language of the Indian inhabitants; and some particulars relating to Falkland Islands. Hereford and London: C. Pugh T. Lewis.