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Feb. 12 contd. 
in the form of a pillar, throwing stones out toward the south. The few 
ashes that are thrown out fall toward the northwest and north. In the 
afternoon they drift toward the west . Strong winds with some dust through- 
out the day. Sr. Krauskopf and Antonio Gutierrez today saw the crater, 
which was rather deep and had three very active vents, aligned from east to 
weot* l'.'M oust vent had white vapors and strong noises j the center one, 
which is the higher, threw up stones and ashes like the latter, but xvith 
less force. As they completed the circuit of the crater rim, a strong 
explosion with a quantity of bombs surprised them and seeing that they could 
not endure another they had to return. 
13 A column very thin and simple in the form of a curtain drifting toward the 
northeast. The crater emits heavy noises. The sky is blue, without a 
cloud or winds that raise the dust. How clear a day, a sun that warms 
everything! Today is a beauty - a joy. (That tranouility. Such days 
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are few and it is because the vapor column is simple, although at times 
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By this term Celadonia Gutierrez probably means a lazily rising column 
of steam without explosions and ash. 
it rises in volutes with a noise that sounds like thunder but the varors 
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disperse at a low altitude# During the night explosions with much scoria 
but little ash# 
14 Today a simple column drifting toward the north# At 8 or 9 in the morning 
the dust begins as usual# In the crater one can hear small explosions in 
rapid succession, one each second or 100 per minute, then a long blast, a 
pause, then beginning anew as before* In the afternoon the explosions cease 
somewhat and the column changes toward the north drifting at a low altitude, 
llewf Irishes . At six the explosions return. 'A small quantity of 
scoria in the night. 
