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_whirlwinds would sweep along, loaded with deadly gases, and threat- 
ee ening the unwary traveller. After a hot and weary struggle over smok- 
; ing masses of jagged scoria and slag, thrown in wild confusion into 
hills, cones and ridges, and spread out over vast fields, we came 
1 P. M., to the terminal or summit crater. 
crest of the highest cone, w 
owe 
Late on Saturday afternoon we came a short 
only one quart in our can- 
; There being 
’ soon reduce ‘a single spoo each, and this 
only at our meals. Our food 
litle, for want of nature’s 
garments, our food-bucke 
4 r thin 
