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Henry Woodward — On Volcanos. 



Andes of Peru (Fig. 3), is an example of this extreme and beautiful 

 regularity on the largest and most striking scale. The drawing 

 from which this sketch is made was taken by Godfrey Vigne, Esq., 

 who visited the spot a few years ago. 



Another instance is that of the cone of Mount Wellington, near 

 Auckland, New Zealand (Fig. 4). 



Fig. 4. — Bird's-eye view of Mount "Wellington, near Auckland, New Zealand. 

 (From Hochstetter's New Zealand.) 



(a) Ancient cone, partly destroyed by [m) modern cone, which has sent forth the 

 lava-stream (J). 



But we have many craters without cones. The crater of Kilauea, 

 in Hawaii (Fig. 5), exhibits, on a much larger scale than any other 



Fig. 5.. — View of the Crater of Kilauea, Hawaian Islands, 

 active volcano, a lake of liquid lava four miles in diameter, more or 

 less crusted over on the exposed surface, through which at several 



