San Francisco's horror of earthquake and fire .. to which is added graphic accounts of the eruptions of Vesuvius and many other volcanoes, explaining the causes of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, comp from stories told by eye witnesses of these frightful scenes . j^.t3iMt-,.»=nf>r* iT?g>Br-:^i. A REMARKABLE VOLCANO CRATER, ISLE OF JAVA. canoes of Java present a regularit}^ of outline which is all themore striking, since they owe it in great part to the monsoonrains, the most destructive agents of the tropical regions. Inbeating against the mountains, the clouds let fall their burden
San Francisco's horror of earthquake and fire .. to which is added graphic accounts of the eruptions of Vesuvius and many other volcanoes, explaining the causes of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, comp from stories told by eye witnesses of these frightful scenes . j^.t3iMt-,.»=nf>r* iT?g>Br-:^i. A REMARKABLE VOLCANO CRATER, ISLE OF JAVA. canoes of Java present a regularit}^ of outline which is all themore striking, since they owe it in great part to the monsoonrains, the most destructive agents of the tropical regions. Inbeating against the mountains, the clouds let fall their burden ofmoisture on the slopes composed of ashes and loose scorise. Thelatter offer but a slight resistance to the action of the temporarytorrents which carry them away, and, crumbling down into the CRATERS BELCHING TORRENTS OF STEAM. 347 plains wliicli surroTind the base of the volcano, are deposited inlong slopes, like those caused by avalanches. In consequence of the fall of all this debris, the sides of themountain are cut out at intervals by ravines or furrows, whichgradually widen from the summit to the base of the mountains,and attain a depth of 200, 600, and 660 feet. There are somevolcanoes, such as the Sumbing, in which these ravines assumeso perfect a regularity that the whole mountain, with
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