Show lift about I 1 inn ce st stone pumice as li Is well known is of volcanic origin being a lava which w has been rendered light by the esal e of 0 f gases when in a molten state it la is found on most of the shores of the sea and elsewhere but i is at almost exclusively obtained aiom the little land iland I of lipari lapari most of the Nol volcanoes canoes of lipari have ejected pum accous rocks but the best stone Is all the product of one mountain monte cherica nearly 2011 2 lee feet in height with mth its two tuo accessory craters the district in which the pumice lq Is excavated covers an aiea abea of three square miles it has been calculated that about 1 1000 hands are engaged lu in this indu industry str of whom are employed in extricating the mancial pumice la Is brought to the surface in large blocks or in baskets and is carried thus either to the neighboring village or to the seashore to be taken there in boats the auppl Is said to be practically illy inexhaustible pumice la is used not merely for scouring and cleansing pur purposes potes bes but also for polish ing in nume numerous ious trades hence the fact that the powdered pondered pumice exported ex coeds in weight the block pumice between twenty and thirty merchants are engaged in the pumice trade in the island london news nen a |