. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 109° 55 Last oP Greenwich 3,300 Yards. Sumbing (11,000), known to navigators in these waters as the " Two ; Sindoro, that is " Majestic," is the finest of all the Javanese volcanoes, with per- fectly regular outlines and truncated cone, as if the summit had been cleaved by the stroke of a sword. The lavas flowing uniformly down its flanks have pene- trated northwards into the breached crater of Telerep, and southwards to the more precipitous slopes of Sumbing. Although higher than Sindoro, Sumbing is less symmetrical ; but it is
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 109° 55 Last oP Greenwich 3,300 Yards. Sumbing (11,000), known to navigators in these waters as the " Two ; Sindoro, that is " Majestic," is the finest of all the Javanese volcanoes, with per- fectly regular outlines and truncated cone, as if the summit had been cleaved by the stroke of a sword. The lavas flowing uniformly down its flanks have pene- trated northwards into the breached crater of Telerep, and southwards to the more precipitous slopes of Sumbing. Although higher than Sindoro, Sumbing is less symmetrical ; but it is specially distinguished by the surprising regularity of the ridges radiating in all directions from the summit to the base with intervening ravines excavated by the running waters to depths of from 250 to 300 feet. The Two Brothers appear to be all but extinct, the only indication of activity being a few
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