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9m made a circuit of the mum end found the south side entirely intact. 
The forest nearby »ss battered and broken by falling boobs end the ash cov- 
ered the pines beyond the whorl of loser limbs. Beneath the spreading oaks 
were mounds of ash, a meter or more above the general level. All about was 
smooth black ash, pitted by bomb craters, silence and destruction. 
At 4 o’clock we reached Parieutln end found the townspeople, in groups, 
( Inexcoriation? lnexoort lost ion? ) 
w-tebin? tbs slow, inexorable/ advance of lava upon their laaue, or in feverish 
preparation to abandon their homes. A scant 80 asters separated the lava 
front fro® the first casita, blessed crosses placed before it to sard off the 
impending destreet ion. 
Tha town, itself, was in s sorry state, the smaller dwellings largely 
buried, roofs and tress broken from the weight, of wet ash, the church in ruins 
from the constantly recurring earth tremors, the people disconsolate at the 
thought of abandoning th air "tier ra. w 
All during the day, the volcano ma relatively quiet. A continuous 
column of amok© rose from the crater with the sound of a high surf, beating on 
a rocky coast. At night the bright ret cascades of the flowing lava continued 
and dense steam clouds from the fusaroles clung about the old lava. The sky 
was deepest mqmsmriMm sad the effect ma wieriiy fantastic. 
June IS. 
Is the morning we went to Parieutln. The flow had progressed but 60 
sisters toward Parieutln hut had advanced .sore rapidly to the north. A znr&er 
of weak fuar. roles had already formed , yielding thin whits, yellow or orange 
crusts. 
The east flow, although advancing more slowly, had spread into one of the 
small valleys. At night the glowing cracks in the lava front from a distance 
resembled the lights of a city from a far-off hill. 
At 10 o’clock the flow of lava increased, accompanied by spurts of liquid 
