. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Nickenicn l;,-~*«Otièri Mendié '••;; ^,\4i0 ^ ^ SI 7 " 15' Gr. 7''20' amongst these lakes is that of Laach, which covers an area of 830 acres, and has a depth of 200 feet. Within a radius of 5 miles of it no less than thirty-one craters have been discovered, but the cup-shaped cavity now occupied by the lake appears to have been produced by a gaseous explosion. Lava never flowed from it, though it ejected scoriae and other volcanic products. Numerous gaseous springs rise on the bottom of this lake and in its environs, and carbonic acid gas escapes
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Nickenicn l;,-~*«Otièri Mendié '••;; ^,\4i0 ^ ^ SI 7 " 15' Gr. 7''20' amongst these lakes is that of Laach, which covers an area of 830 acres, and has a depth of 200 feet. Within a radius of 5 miles of it no less than thirty-one craters have been discovered, but the cup-shaped cavity now occupied by the lake appears to have been produced by a gaseous explosion. Lava never flowed from it, though it ejected scoriae and other volcanic products. Numerous gaseous springs rise on the bottom of this lake and in its environs, and carbonic acid gas escapes in a neighbouring peat moss. The surplus waters of the lake are discharged through a tunnel, constructed in the twelfth century. Extensive tracts are covered with pumice, not only on the left bank of the Rhine, but also on the right, as far
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