geology and mineralogy. 
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for the most part to'bel co!i^ ? o f' s p 7 1 ' tCl ‘ d f !' !° dg6 appears 
stone, variously coloured marls and basaltic P ,!° ldal nodules of grey- 
which have flowed bach to s^ntX the 2^^ ^ 
soil scarcely exceeds eighteen to twenty (m„ • • th ° SUrfaC0 
The edge of the crater & at an Z Z 
Cole’s Eock, where massive perpendicular faceTof'ba 7 &t 
showing little sign of inclination or stratification ev \ 1 ° CCUr ’ 
point where a dip of twentv de°rpes fn i ’ e ce P tln a at one 
; “ w :iXrt i: ; -? 01 laTa 
clothes the central r>n +* most part indigenous plants, now 
and^L^n^l^;. tf * t* ^ “ 
by b ™ n 
“r ous p,a “ ts wC 
mfl™nce"oj de m ° fUl ' i P“PM. and the civilising 
8 Presence, exhibited in houses, vineyards fruit 
add ^ pel M It ^ "f el ' ed *" ar0Un<1 “* SideS - ** ‘o 
fiery cauldron Tl ' T IT "° W WOm ^ th “ “ seething, 
is by a very steel 'l ^T"* ‘“T U * ed f ' for » considerable depth, 
brtni 1 / t p windin & r carnage road, from which bridle natbc. 
heavy ^-ains and^m T* ^ ““ d out of the ravines which 
Of tlm bowl 1 This dp' SU f C ! W n ’ T* de6ply Cut into tIie sides 
the nerves of t 7 ^ ’ althou S h ra ^er trying to 
of those who visit it for the first time, well ren; ,« ii 
ncei a mg. The scenery, though on a small scale is trulv o T 7 
Labourers cottages, with neat little gardens scattered / & Z 
here amidst bright green grassy slopfs and wtelds d" 6 “ 4 
the'roTl"'' 117 I° laim ‘° P icturesc l ue ““ s 1 while almost eicry turn' in 
the road reveals a pretty rural English-like dwelling, snugly placed 
verdant foWe h * ' “f * gl '° VeS ° f trees ’ wI,ose ^ight 
and the S, Wift the ^ Men-clad recks 
the ™ter „ ? T k “ m y W ‘‘ UtS ° f the more distant sides of 
ater, occasioned by the presence in the soil of manganese and 
" in composition. The most striking view of the° crater is 
