. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 3,300 Yards. ejected scoriae, and from its breached crater, about 4,000 feet in circumference, jets of vapour are still emitted ; sulphvir is also deposited on the encircling walls, while copious thermal streams flow from the flanks of the mountain. Gedé is connected by a narrow ridge with another and far larger crater, which from the Sala wall on the south to Panggerango on the north side has a circuit of about two and a half miles. It is wooded to the summit, terminating in an inclined terrace, whence numerous rivide^s rapidly converge in a broad stream,


. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 3,300 Yards. ejected scoriae, and from its breached crater, about 4,000 feet in circumference, jets of vapour are still emitted ; sulphvir is also deposited on the encircling walls, while copious thermal streams flow from the flanks of the mountain. Gedé is connected by a narrow ridge with another and far larger crater, which from the Sala wall on the south to Panggerango on the north side has a circuit of about two and a half miles. It is wooded to the summit, terminating in an inclined terrace, whence numerous rivide^s rapidly converge in a broad stream, which was till recently visited by the rhinoceros. From this terrace, the highest point of observation in


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