46 Kansas Academy of Science. 



would tend to have them form as bands over the equatorial 

 region, as I understand they do. The eruption of Krakatoa 

 is one of the very insignificant eruptions of our earth, if all 

 geological time is considered ; yet its immensity is beyond com- 

 prehension. Saturn, without its rings, has nearly nine times 

 the bulk of our earth, and probably even more than double 

 that in its tendency to stupendous volcanic activity. 



