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FUEGO

Volume 1 · 129 words · 1810 Edition

or Fogo, one of the Cape de Verd islands, in the Atlantic ocean. It is much higher than any ot the rest; and seems, at sea, to be one single mountain, though on the sides there are deep valleys. There is a volcano at the top which burns continually, and may be seen a great way off at sea. It vomits a great deal of fire and smoke, and throws out huge pieces of rock to a vast height; and sometimes torrents of melted mat- ter run down the sides. The Portuguese, who first in- habited it, brought negro slaves with them, and a stock of cows, horses, and hogs; but the chief inhabitants now are blacks, of the Romish religion. W. Long. 24. 47. N. Lat. 15. 20.