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(570 m.)') besides two lower cones. The smaller (eastern) part of the 

 floor of the crater is flat and partly marshy. The caldera is not 

 quite circular, its diameter is in E.W. 2.8 km. Its depth is J50m., 

 the average height of the crater-rim 535 m. From the site of the 

 summit of the Biiln Maitara it appears that the centre of eruption 

 has shifted ± 50 m. westwards. 



Fig. 3. The volcano of Maftutu. 



The latest indication of the volcanic activity of this mountain of 

 craters is a hot spring, found at the east-base near the campong 

 Akè Sahu, close to the beach. According to C. G. C. Rkinavardt it 

 has a temperature of 90° F. (32° C.)'). It lias also been visited by 

 H. A. Bernstein') and H. von Rosenberg"). R. D. M. Verbeek^) 



•) To be distinguished from the volcano of the island of Maitara, which is 

 situated 5.6 km. to the West of Bulu Maitara. 



-) L.c p 496. 



') MededeeJingen nopens reizen in den Indischen Arcliipel. Tijdschr. voor Ind. 

 T. L en V. 17. Batavia 1869, p. 79. 



*i "Reistochtcn naar de Geelvinkbaai." 'sGravenliage 1875, p. 11. — Der 

 Malayische Archipel. Leipzig 1878, p. 4.03. 



6) L.c. p. 146. 



