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about half of which are more or less active. The highest 

 is SemeriT, with an altitude of 12,044 feet; ten exceed 

 10,000 feet, five more exceed 9000 feet, and ten are 

 between 7000 and 9000 feet. The following are the 

 names of the most important, with their heights. Those 

 that are more or less active have the names given in 

 italics : — 



Detached. Central and Eastern Group. 



Of the western group, Salak, which from its proximity 

 to Buitenzorg is one of the best known of the volcanoes of 

 Java, is now inactive, but was in 1699 the scene of a great 

 catastrophe. Enormous masses of mud were ejected from 

 the crater, and impeding the course of the rivers, caused 

 the formation of lakes, which burst and devastated the 

 country below them. Papandayang, or " the forge," so 

 called from the deafening noise produced by its crater, 

 exhibits a series of sulphurous mud pools, which boil 

 and eject stones and mud. In 1772 occurred its last 

 eruption, which was one of the most destructive in the 

 history of the island, and was specially remarkable for 

 its suddenness and short duration. A great part of the 

 mountain is said to have been engulfed, and 40 villages 



