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98 THE KRAKATOA ERUPTIOX. KRAKATOA ISLAXD. 26. THE KRAKATOA ERUPTION. 1. About eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, the thirteenth of May 1883, the trouble began . Java, Sumatra, and Born eo were convulsed by earthquakes. Th e surface of th e earth rock ed, houses tumbled down, and big tr ees were shake n out of the ground. Earthquakes are no rarity in these islands, but this earthqua ke showed no signs of ceasing. Th e earth quivered constantly, an d from its depths there seemed to rise strange sounds and hollow explosions. 2. On Thursday there came a telegram from Anjer, ninety miles away, on the north-west coast of Java, intimating that a volcano had broke n out on Krakatoa island , about thirty miles west of Anjer, in Sunda Strait. I was requested by th e Dutch Government to go to th e scene of action and take scientific observa-
THE KRAKATOA ERUPTIOX. 99 tions, and by four o'clock that afternoo n I started with a party on board a special steamer from Batavia. 3. As we rounded the northern extremity of J ava, we saw ascending from Krakatoa, still fifty miles away, an immense column of smoke. Its appearance changed as we approached : first it looked lik e flame, then it would appear to be stea m, and again it would take the appearance of a pillar of fire inside one of white fleecy wool. Th e diam eter of thi s pillar of fire and smoke I should put down at one and a half miles. All the whil e we heard that sullen, thunderous roar which had been a feature of this disturbance ever since Sunday, and was now becoming louder. 4. We remain ed on deck all nigh t and watched. Th e din increased till we could with difficulty hear one anoth er's voices. Dawn approached, an d when the rays of the sun fell on th e shores of Krak atoa, we saw them reflected from what we th ough t was a riv er, and we resolved to steam into its mouth and disembark. When we came to within three-quarters of a mile of th e shore, we discovered that what we supposed to be a river was a torrent of molten sulphur. The smell almost overpowered us. \Ve stea med away to windward , and made for the other side of the island. 5. This island , th ough volcanic, had up till now been qui et for at least a centur y. It was eight or ten miles long an d four wide, and was covered with forests of fine mah ogany and rosewood trees. It was inhabited by a few fishermen, but we found no signs of these inhabitants. The land, down to th e wat er's edge, was covered with powdered pumi ce stone, which rained down from th e clouds around th e great column of fire. Everything with life had already disappeared
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A~IOKG THE ALLIGATORS. 9 and gleam,
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)IEASUREMENT OF TDIE. 11 2. MEASURE
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SILKWORMS. 1 5 of th ese cocoons. A
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38 A Lm lB ER CAMP. 9. A LUMBER CAM
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46 ABOUT ICEBERGS. enormous crystal
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Page 84 and 85: 80 NATI VE SPORTS I N HAWAIl. 21. N
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192 TH E "KURO SIWO." North America
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