MOUNT PELEE 



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times streams of molten lava pour down its sides. Its 

 ever changing cone, unlike that of Monte Nuovo, is com- 

 posed partly of ash and partly of consolidated lavas. Even 

 as late as 1907 a tremendous outpouring of ash took place 

 which devastated a considerable area. 



MOUNT PELEE AND THE RUINS OF ST. PIERRE. 



212. Mount Pelee. At the north end of the island of 

 Martinique in the West Indies rose a conical-shaped 



