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THE CRUISE OF THE 'CUIIAQOA.' 



hot he could not kcej) liis liund in it. Another opportunity 

 gave us, what we thought, conchisive proof of the existence 

 of hot springs in this iocahty. The next morning, the 

 sky being beautifully i^lear and bi'ight, we perceived an 

 enormous quantity of vapour escaping from a large liole 

 or ])erhaps crater, situated in a gorge of the mountain. It 



NA-rrv!-:.^ OF K.vxKS islaxd.s. 



rnik'd upwai'tis in great clouds, and so rapidly ;^s to imply 

 llie ])resence of a vast reservoir of hot water. Beyond this 

 jet of vapour, and higher up in the niountain, we saw 

 iiuother whit'h was very like it. 



The natives brought me three large eggs of a bird which 



