The Excursion to the Volcanoes of Italy

Abstract

THANKING you for noting the intended excursion of geologists to the active and extinct Italian volcanoes under the auspices of the Geologists' Association and Geological Society of London, I would like to draw the attention of your readers to the remarkable changes at Stromboli which have lately occurred. New eruptive mouths have opened, and there has been an outflow of lava, a phenomenon so far unknown (so far as recorded) from 2000 to 3000 years. There is an uncertain reference to such an occurrence, but the change at Stromboli from Strombolian to Vesuvian activity is remarkable. I am also informed that the eruption of Vulcano still continues with paroxysms of greater activity. Thus the excursionists will have the advantage of seeing changes that, even for a constant resident in such a region, are rare.