. The beauties of nature and the wonders of the world we live in. Natural history; Physical geography; Astronomy. vr MOTTNTAINS 237 some fissure, gradually builds itself up into a cone, often of the most beautiful regularity, sucli as the gigantic peaks of Chimporazo, Cotopaxi (Fig. 21), and Fusiyama, and hence it is that the crater is so often at, or very near, the summit. Perhaps no spectacle in Nature is more magnificent than a Volcano in activity. It has been my good fortune to have stood. Fig. 21. — Cotopaxi. more than once at the edge of the crater of Vesuvius during an eruption, to have
. The beauties of nature and the wonders of the world we live in. Natural history; Physical geography; Astronomy. vr MOTTNTAINS 237 some fissure, gradually builds itself up into a cone, often of the most beautiful regularity, sucli as the gigantic peaks of Chimporazo, Cotopaxi (Fig. 21), and Fusiyama, and hence it is that the crater is so often at, or very near, the summit. Perhaps no spectacle in Nature is more magnificent than a Volcano in activity. It has been my good fortune to have stood. Fig. 21. — Cotopaxi. more than once at the edge of the crater of Vesuvius during an eruption, to have watched the lava seething below, while enor- mous stones were shot up high into the air. Such a g e can never be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. New York, London, Macmillan and Co.
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