. The earth and its inhabitants .. . â Oo^i-y,^ ^ ' Last or breenwich I00°^o⢠lOO°-«>' 0 to 160 Feer. Depths. 100 to 3l'0 320 Feet and Feet. upwards. 12 Miles. river Masang, south of which a transver.'^e volcanic ridge trends west and east on the border of the Padang uplands. The westernmost volcano of this system has lost its mountainous aspect, nothing remaining except the vast periphery of the base, which now forms a wooded enclosure. The crest has disappeared, doubtless blown away by some tremendous exjDlosion, and about half of the old crater (1,520 feet) is now flooded w
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . â Oo^i-y,^ ^ ' Last or breenwich I00°^o⢠lOO°-«>' 0 to 160 Feer. Depths. 100 to 3l'0 320 Feet and Feet. upwards. 12 Miles. river Masang, south of which a transver.'^e volcanic ridge trends west and east on the border of the Padang uplands. The westernmost volcano of this system has lost its mountainous aspect, nothing remaining except the vast periphery of the base, which now forms a wooded enclosure. The crest has disappeared, doubtless blown away by some tremendous exjDlosion, and about half of the old crater (1,520 feet) is now flooded with the oval-shaped Lake Maninju, called also Danau, or the " ; This basin, which discharges westwards to the Indian Ocean, IS fed by a few slightly thermal and alkaline springs much frequented by the
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