The National geographic magazine . *thing onLa Soufriere is the presence in the south-west portion of its active crater of adeep notch—the Fente or Terre Fendae—which, as stated by Heilprin, has beena conspicuous feature of the mountainsince the eruption of 1851, and mayhave existed previous to that cleft is in plain view from StPierre, and during my visit to the deadcity one could look into it and plainlysee the ruddy cone of eruption with itsascending steam column that was beingbuilt within the crater. The area ren-dered desolate by the hot blast fromMont Pelee on Ma3 8, and again
The National geographic magazine . *thing onLa Soufriere is the presence in the south-west portion of its active crater of adeep notch—the Fente or Terre Fendae—which, as stated by Heilprin, has beena conspicuous feature of the mountainsince the eruption of 1851, and mayhave existed previous to that cleft is in plain view from StPierre, and during my visit to the deadcity one could look into it and plainlysee the ruddy cone of eruption with itsascending steam column that was beingbuilt within the crater. The area ren-dered desolate by the hot blast fromMont Pelee on Ma3 8, and again sweptover by a similar blast on May 20, isfan-shaped, the apex of the triangle be-ing essentially at the summit of themountain. The coincidence betweenthe position and direction of the Fenteand the apex of the expanding volcanicblasts may well be considered signifi- =• 2 rS fD B p 5, I ST f-l 2 a2 re : p re s -8 x 2. 3 re o 3 tj WA riMn 11 ii!if i. | m i \ Kin ml
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