the only accident that was s,>me\vhat leniarkaMe wa> the deUu h- 

 ment ..f a hlock ..f ten-uoui,,us n.ck from the n-ht H(k' ot the 

 ravine, which rolled int.. the depths and broke into picce>. Thi^ 

 rock measured twelve to hfteen cubic meter>. On the >r\tii 

 of September, Messrs. LePrieur and Peyraud on their second 

 return hither determined that in spite ot the thick masses i.t 

 vapor thrown out since the 29th of Au-ust. and in spite <>\ 

 rain which had fallen twice on the mountain, the level of the 

 brook had not risen. They .said that our foot-i)rint> n\ the last 

 excursion were still visible in the mud of the bottom of the 

 ravine, some of them containing a little water, evidently frMm 

 rain-fall: in the interval between the two \ isits there was no 

 change, and the different springs showed the same tem])erature ; 

 in the spring at 70° one could boil eggs, and some of the native 

 crawfish were found cooked. 



A copper bucket was thrown into the crater securel\ attached 

 to a cord; three times the ve.ssel was thrown against tlu' rock 

 wall and was recovered dented, but it was not possible to obtain 

 the slightest particle of liquid; the material of the interior was 

 found to be reddish pumice which accounted for a reddish color 

 that had been at one time observed in the vapor coming from 

 this orifice. While we were there, howex er, this steam and that 

 from the upper crater always appeared to us white or l)lackish, 

 the last condition being due to particles of sulphurous mud. 



In order to complete the exploration of the scene of eruption 

 It remained to examine the valley where the first openings w^ere 

 made. For the openings that we have just described are not 

 those which opened first. Those which are in action todax- 

 opened on Saturday, the 9th of August, after a series of detona'- 

 tions more violent than those of the 5th. The first openings 

 are situated in a lateral valley which joins the one where the 

 active craters are, but much lower down. They are toda\- 

 entirely quiescent. From the calm which reigns in their vicinity 

 one would never suppose that a month ago they had served to 

 give vent to the first manifestations of a volcano. These 

 openings are ten in number, along a single line, and trend in the 



