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jets of vapour. Sumbing occupies almost exactly the centre of Java, and tlie 

 neighbouring Mount Tidar (1,680 feet) is spoken of by the natives as the "nail" 

 by which the island has been fixed to the surface of the globe. 



Telerep is connected by a low water-parting with Ungaran (6,800 feet), 

 which is itself connected by a range of hills with the twin cones of Merbabu 



Fig. 61. — GirNONG Sewu. 

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3,300 Yards. 



(10,320 feet) and Merapi (9,500) facing Sindoro and Sumbing on the opposite 

 side of the broad Kadu valley. Merbabu appears to have been in repose since 

 1560, when the last recorded outburst took place. But Merapi, the " destroying 

 fire," is in a continual state of restlessness, ejecting from its terminal crater a 

 constant volume of white vapour, which sets with the trade-winds steadily towards 



