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would see nothing of these, as they were covered up by the finer 

 ejection. Dr. Hector considered that the stones thrown out were 

 hot but not molten. There can be no doubt that the sites of the 

 Terraces are gone, for Dr. Hector says that fragments of sinter are 

 abundant in the materials ejected from Eotomahaua, and this is 

 coufirmed by the microscope. Capt. Hutton contested the purely 

 hydrothermal nature of the eruptions from the mountains. 



