Chapter IV
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Mount Etna—Its Appearance and Height—Ancient Eruptions—Pindar's Allusion—Virgil's Description—Subordinate Cones and Craters—Caverns—Val de Bove—Formation of Monti Rossi—Eruption of 1852—Whirlwinds—Lava Torrents—Cascades of Lava—Description of Crater—Empedocles—Enceladus—Craters of 1865—Cyclopean Isles—Homer's Legend—Volcanic Origin—Other Basaltic Groups