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BITUMINOUS AND OTHER LAKES. f£() 
but more particularly in the centre, which Ep i> 
The water was quite cold< 
aii“ 
a strong spring, iuc - . 
bitter, salt, and sour, and had an olFensive smetL , 
About thirty yards from the lake stood the o 
which was about fifteen feet high from 
earth. The diameter of its base was abou . 
yards, and its top about eight feet — and in foi 
cone. The top is open, and the interior 1'-®®;,,,, li!"_ f.' 
boiling and heaving up like the bluddugs. u' .f 
entirely formed of mud which has flowed 
" ' ’a « 
Every rise of the mud was accompanied by 
from the bottom of the hillock, which was 
for some seconds before the bubble burst 
the hillock was quite firm. We stood on 
opening and sounded it, and found it to be jy3dE5;|,, 
deep. The mud was more liquid than at the • 
mo smoke was emitted either .from the Iee®’ ill* 
it .f 
pools 
Close to the foot of the hillock was a |iK® 
same water as the lake, whie^> appeared 
of water boiling violently j — it was shaUoW: 
centre, into which we thrust a 
vas snauow. j un - 
stick twelve jic/ 
leO' 
found no bottom. The hole not being p®'^P 
could not sound it without a line. f 
■“ About 200 yards from the lake 
pools or springs, eight and twelve feet in d' 
were like the small pool, but boiled / 
stunk excessively. We could not s°dud jiC ^ 
same reason which prevented our sound' a 
pool. . fl'E ''j|% 
' We heard the boiling thirty yards befd'’® 
the pools, resembling the noise of a waterfrl^^ 
did not overflow— of course the bubbling .adtl? 
the bld“ 
did not overflow— of course the bttbblin; 
the rising of air alone. The water of 
tlie lake is used medicinally by the Javanese. 
