Professor Reinwardt’s Journey 
of boiling water and hot sulphureous vapours, there rises from 
out of an opening in the mountain on the south side of the lake, 
a great column of brimkone vapours ; the steam being driven up 
from thO deep abyss with great violence,; and striking against the 
rocks above, is heard at a considerable; distance. From other 
narrow openings a boiling sulphur is seen bubbling up, which 
afterwards spreads itself all around over the rocks. The lake, 
forming an oval, has a diametef of from 1500 to 2000 Rhenish 
feet ; the water therein exhibits itself as purely and entirely 
white, from the incrustation at the bottom; the sides of the 
mountain in many places glitter from the transparency of these 
brinisfone incrustations, while black masses of basalt and burnt 
trunks of trees scattered around, present a striking contrast, and 
shew also what great changes these mountains have already un- 
dergone, and to what future changes they remain still exposed . 
The vapours that display themselves here, appear to possess more 
dangerous qualities than those at the other places ; besides which, 
irom the Steepness of the slope down which the overflowings of 
the springs run, on the east side of the mountain, the brimstone 
and ’wells of Water have already caused great devastation in 
breaking up' the soil and rocks. One finds there always many 
carcases of wild animals which have evidently been killed, either 
from the drinking of the muddy water, or from the inhalation of 
the Sulphureous vapours. Even the stronger beasts, such as the 
tiger nnd kidang, are not safe. It is a singular fact, that of these 
killed animals, the bones very soon disappear, whilst the softer 
parts and the skin remain for a long time in existence. 
This journey of Professor Reinwardt through the above- 
named districts, has gained him the knowledge of a great num- 
ber of natural productions. The vegetable kingdom in particu- 
lar has every where presented to him an uncommonly great di- 
versity of plants, which in every variety of shape and colour, 
continue to grow, even on the tops of the highest mountains. 
The greater part of the wild animals there frequent more the 
less elevated hills, where the woods yield them more nourish- 
ing food. Yet the rhinoceros, which is found every where in 
th^e elevated regions, ascends with am astonishing swiftness, 
even to the highest top of the mountains ; it is on that account 
that this animal is so rarely to be found, and that it was fre- 
