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more than 800 miles from the present coast. Many of 

 the once active deep-sea cones have now become extinct, 

 and their gently sloping shores have been cut back into 

 cliffs which rise abruptly from the sea. One of these, St. 

 Helena, rising from 

 the depths of the 

 Atlantic Ocean, and 

 bounded by precipi- 

 tous cliffs, is noted 

 as being the place of 

 exile of the Emperor 

 Napoleon I of France. 



Geysers. In the 

 north island of New 

 Zealand, in Yellow- 

 stone National Park, 

 and in Iceland, re- 

 markable spouting 

 springs called geysers 

 are found. These 

 places have had re- 

 cent volcanic ac- 

 tivity. The eruption 

 of a large geyser is 

 a most picturesque 

 and startling phe- 

 nomenon. Almost 

 without warning there is thrown into the air a column 

 of hot water from which the steam escapes in rolling clouds. 

 It rises in some cases to a height of a hundred feet or more 

 and is maintained at nearly this height by the ceaseless 



GIANT GEYSER IN ERUPTION 



