132 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
well as from numerous smaller crevices. During the eruption I made 
several visits to the mountain and observed its phenomena as well as | 
ree or four miles from the crater, though in some places it fell in 
conceal the w| , 
feet in perpendicular height ; but as there was a brisk north wind during 
almost the whole eruption, the summit of the cone was generally vis 
out. These were generally hardened before they struck, but somé 
i hich, ver, coy 
tinued but a few seconds. It was very difficult to determine the hei 
out at various points, the highest being about one-third above the base 
of the cone. The difficulty. of reaching these mouths was con® 
erable, and I attempted it but twice, approaching on both occasio™ 
t . 
; ce had ceased to flow, I visited it and estimated 
it to be twelve feet or more in diameter. While the lava was flowidg 
from it, the velocity of the current at the moment of its escape 
sta ef 
wood on water) I satisfied myself that it here flowed, though in a much 
_ Wider stream than at the point where it issued, at the rate of four mile? 
