ON BARREN ISLAND, fc«. ^j 



*f or three eruptions while we were close to it ; seve- 

 P ral of the red hot stones rolled down the sides of 

 * f the cone, an,' ^unded a considerable way beyond 

 <c us. The base of the cone is the lowest part of the 

 <l island, and very little higher than the level of the 

 f sea. It arises with an acclivity of 3 2° 17' to the 

 <% hight of 1800 feet nearly, which is also the eleva- 

 if tion of the other parts of the island. 



" From its present figure, it may be conjectured 

 tc that the volcano first broke out near the centre of 

 %< the island, or rather towards the north-west ; and 

 c< in a long process of time by discharging, consum- 

 " ing, and undermining, has brought it to the pre- 

 * r sent very extraordinary form, of w hich a very cor- 

 ct rc ^ r J~ iW i n g by Lieutenant Wales, will impress a 

 iC distant idea. 



5* Those parts of the island that are distant from 

 <( the volcano, are thinly covered with withered 

 " shrubs ana blasted trees. It is situated in latitude 

 V 12° 15' north, and fifteen leagues east of the nor- 

 " thernmost island of the Archipelago*, and may be 

 " sten at the distance of twelve leagues in clear wea- 

 " ther. A quarter of a mile from the shore, there is 

 " no ground with 150 fothoms of line." 



REMARK. 



From the very singular and uncommon appearand 

 of this island, it might be conjectured that it has 

 been thrown up entirely from the sea, by the action 



The eastermost cluster of the Andaman islands. 



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