ISLAND OF JATA. 
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the same time, a 
disappeared in the earth. At ' 
noise was heard, resembling the discharge ct 
^tlic ^‘®non ; while the immense quantities of \’ol- 
. !>tar!ces ethich were thrown out, and spread in 
cfibcis of the explosion^ 
'try j. '-nces M'hich were tl 
propagated thi 
, many miles. 
■ rtiou '^^.’‘‘'’’■'fed that an extent of ground, belonging to 
'''ties Itself, and to its immediate environs, fifteen 
?"Sdi, and six in breadth, was by this commotion 
't caig^., ^'P 'tl the bowels of the earth. Six weeks after 
?5''t>tto?n®’ P'-*'-«o«s who were sent to examine the 
ipltossib]*^ the surrounding territory, reported, that it was 
a * of ,? approach the mountain, on account of the 
Wl)| ^ttbstances which covered its circumference, 
I'^ft. } 'vere piled on each other to the height of three 
^%tl ,, been rejiorted, that forty villages, partly swal- 
S'"'®auK ^ tile opening of the earth, and partly covered 
Ij^fly ejected, were destroyed on this melan- 
with the loss of nearly three thousand 
tiiH number of cattle was destroyed} 
lol P^*-*- *^1® plantations of cotton, indigo, 
"attic ri’ adjacent di^ricts, buried beneath the 
ii'etrt rv,!'’^f ■ eliects of this explosion were long 
«6v. 
i'hs 
s y jbe remains of the volcanic mountain. 
nji''"''al cy, J "iterestiiig work of Governor Raffles contains 
novel details relative to volcanic phe- 
tiQ '^"ir^iiy.- which is here introduced, on account 
W"* ®°nnexion with the subterraneous opera- 
Vr/"'ist(il.'''J®> in tire production of earthquakes. It may 
•y'^oea'2^*^ "s supplementary to the detailed account of 
jjj^here jy ib® commencement of this work. 
th»'^ thirty-eight large mountains, which, 
differ ttv,m nttinr in evternnl tifTiire 
bro 
x\ 
1- 
r,,. lurned upside down } and forms a vast trun- 
from each other in external figure, 
Setieral attribute of volcanoes, by their hav- 
hase, which gradually verges towards the 
form of a cone. One of these is named 
oil account of its resembling, at a dis- 
'\e 
a b, 
?"!l 
'*'• is 
■ but 
tlQ( 
for 
base extends to a considerable distance. 
It _ "*°iy one of the largest mountains in the 
ttijjA ^ost interesti.ng volcano. Although it has 
^ ®ges had aoy ,iolent eruption, as is evident 
