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tain is at present quiescent, but at its foot are numerous thermal springs, through 

 which the subterranean heats still manifest themselves. Near the village of 

 Gfeliting on the north coast, mention is made of another crater, which, however, has 

 not yet been identified. 



South of the Tanjong Bunga, or " Promontory of Flowers," whence the Portu- 



Fig. 86. — Laeantuka Steait. 

 Scale 1 : 1,000,000. 



I22°40- 



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I25°30- 



I)epths. 



to 5 

 Fathoms. 



.5 to 100 

 Fathoms. 



100 to l.OUO 

 Fathoms. 



1,000 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



IS Miles. 



guese term, Flores, a channel about 1,300 yards broad at its narrowest part sepa- 

 rates this island from the islet of Adonare, and farther south from Solor, which, 

 although the smallest member of the group, gives its name to the archipelago 

 stretching east from Flores. Adonare is much more populous as well as larger, 

 and farther east follows the still more extensive Lomblem. The two islands of the 



