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tang like glass, and was vitreous and porous. In the middle of 
the upheaved mass the movement was strongest; there large clefts 
and intense light were displayed, while engulfed stones, which 
were swallowed up in great masses, were followed by a noise 38 
ke, someti 
was ded 
tended by the constant upheavi g and descent of rocky masses, 
f smoke. 
The upper (ancient) crater has a diameter of 150 metres (492 
eet), descends in a 
escent was very toilsome on account of the rolling ee 
At 3.30 p.m. the horses were reached, and at 9.30 the hacienda 
San Marcos, where many were waiting to learn the result of the 
expedition. The report of Orosco was, that the district W% 
threatened with no danger, as no lava was issuing, and the fissures 
being open gave no reason to fear any explosion from the tension 
of confined vapors. Later explorers of the volcano found a fissure 
