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eb. ]. The volcano continues in activity, although with a simple vapor column 
but the crater makes noises, throwing out quantities o? incandescent 
stones. The lava vent at the hornitos also continues in activity, 
making noises and sometimes throwing out a scoria like chicle. 
2 0ne sti11 notes the same kind of eruptions as almost from the beginning. 
They do not last long but they never are calm. 
3 The vapor column from the crater continues to sadden the region with a 
cold dark shadow and continues the fields with a dense sand. Today it 
is like the beginning, -with each explosion each minute, the vapor rises 
in caulif lowers to a great height, with great quantities falling on all 
sides of the cone. It is a black column that makes a noise like surf. 
In the evening it is a marvelous sight, with each incandescent stone 
distinct upon the cone. 
4 Although the column drifts towards the west, the bombs fall more to the 
in the afternoon the column changes more to the north and there 
is a slight drizzle of rain. A little later the vapors and ashes draw 
closer to the cone. In the night one sees large bombs rolling to the 
base of the cone. 
5 Three years ago today the first earthquakes that presaged the volcano began. 
Three years ago we did not imagine what we now actually see. Not even in 
hysteria did we believe the changes that exist in my region today and which 
one sees more and more distinct, day by day. The inhabitants of Angahuan 
look upon this grievance with sadness. Today the thick column of cauli- 
flowers, charged with sand and ashes, drifts toward the north; in the 
afternoon a little more toward the northeast. The lava forms a liouid 
cascade between the Aratiro and Canijuato and one sees clearly the rocks 
that roll down its face. 
