8 ASCOLI, Guatemalan Eart //quakes and Rniption of igo2. 



Plate If. 



Lower Slopes of Santa Maria. January 1903. 



This area was formerly covered by a thick forest. The 

 photo shows clearly the early work of erosion by water on the 

 new ash : a year later these channels were converted into small 

 ravines, rendering access to the crater difficult. In the back- 

 ground is seen the S.E. lip of the crater, with steam rising from 

 l^elow. It was from the summit of this lip (about i inch from 

 the right-hand side of photo) that the view of the interior 

 {7^1. /., Fig. 2) was taken. 



