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summit ; although in a state of violent activity the cone 

 was completely covered with snow to about 300 feet from 

 the crater. In January, 1841, the eruptions took place 

 about every half-hour, and on each occasion a cloud of 

 steam and ashes, apparently 150 to 300 feet in diameter, 

 was hurled 1,200 feet to 2,000 feet high into the air. 

 When the cloud had disappeared the reflection of the 

 glowing lava could distinctly be perceived, indeed some 

 of the officers thought they could see streams of lava 

 Mowing down till they were lost under the covering of 



Volcano of Mt. Erebus and Beaufort Island (after Ross). 



snow. Three weeks later the eruptions were more 

 violent, but no lava was seen flowing- off. 



About twelve miles from the summit of Mount Erebus, 

 its sister mountain, Mount Terror, rises to a height of 

 say 10,000 feet. It was not in a state of eruption, but 

 is also unmistakably a volcano, as could be seen by the 

 remarkable absence of snow on its surface and by its 

 outlines ; numerous small parasitic crater cones appeared 

 on the true cone, two especially near the north-eastern 

 foot of the mountain by Cape Crozier stand out very 



