mountains. 29 
(Sevlpr particular!)'- near the great 
niimpp uhin a space not exceeding a quarter of a mile, 
■which the old incrustations, from 
of force™ ' water and steam issue, with different degrees 
Gev=nr o fc • tortkerii extremity is situated the great 
circuni'fMn distinguishahle from the others by every 
it anncarcri^'tt™™’*^'^^^'^ approaching this spot, 
rou<rii-ionV ^ oiount had been formed of iiTegular, 
the'orio-in nf° upon the ancient regailar strata, 
latter 1 ?k c- '' a '1 “‘uiilar. The slope of the 
side • and th^ mount to spread more on the east- 
tmced\iU they'Sdf^w?^ ^vater may be 
height of the 
mp, . • , — The perpendicular 
the hin-hest mrt n/Il ^ ’"Ut seven feet, measured from 
these le Ker ‘lepositions. Fro.n 
<listin>niishcrl ' n f. tpowng the mount may be readily 
hnkSie tvhere a disruption ha:^ 
was found to “ *®/°P °t this mount is a basin, which 
b anolTer“‘^ 
tile party reiclwf°li° u’clock in llie afternoon, when 
hot water riiH c 1 ’°^’ hasin fiiU of 
satisfied theii- cr' c was running over. Having 
examine some other proceeded to 
U’S- Above the r xvhcuce tliey saw w.atcr ascend- 
vamc to a lai-c-e irr?^? .^'^ 1 '^':''’ ^ ®hort distance, they 
the writer observe ?P®uhtg, the beautic.s of which, 
waten- with which i^ ''i '^‘^' 1 ' pos^'hle to describe. ■ The 
Pvi-fectly still -lithp,, T“° “ was as clear as cr)'stal, and 
‘t 'hey saw wifim "t the boiling point. Through 
and cavities, to a <r‘-f ^utuung a variety of figures 
and dark abvss'^^^ uopth,_aud cairying the eye into a 
tonued a dome of ’ ° the crust supporting them 
stance which tlw *"'1*' '‘’.constderable thickness j a circum- 
utuch to the eii;»cr'^^ \ of itself agreeable, contributed 
hundred yards fro- tent at the distance of about one 
that a rceular . ,t^oyser, and so arranged matters f?.s 
l-S.Mfckenrifmr'p ' ‘^"ring the night. Sir 
companions lav rlnv, * *^'’1 *^"'1011 at eleven o’clock, and his 
twelve he 1 ', ^ “ sleep. About ten minutes before 
3 ei raucous discharges, and waked hi» 
