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Dec. 22 - eontd, 
dense dark clouds and it drizzles intermittently all during the after- 
noon, The winds cease and only the dark clouds persist. In the 
afternoon, a rainy sunset. In the night the crater occasionally 
throws up some incandescent bombs, falling on the east flank of the cone. 
23 - In the morning the sun is clear, although the vapor column drifts 
toward the northeast. At 8, the sun is obscured by a curtain of vapor 
that must come from the crater because there are no clouds in any other 
direction. At 10, clouds begin to appear in various directions of the 
region, at the same time the winds from the west gather the clouds 
together. The vapor from the crater inclines lowly to the northeast, 
rising without ceasing for a moment its noise. At 6 in the evening, 
the strong winds cease. In a moment, at this hour, the column changed 
toward the west and as the sun penetrated the column it made a yellow 
sunset, leaving black clouds to the east and north. 
24 - It dawns with blue skies, without a cloud. Only the vapor from 
the crater forms a mist that drifts a long distance toward the north- 
east. At 9 in the morning sorae small clouds appear to the south of 
the volcano. At 2 in the afternoon, strong winds carrying much dust 
from the west, begin to blow and the clouds join as always to form 
black clouds toward the east as if it wants to rain# At 6 l • II* the 
column changes toward the south and remains there all night. Rarely 
is an incandescent bomb thrown from the crater. 
25 - The noises from the crater do not cease. The vapor column is 
now toward the west, with low and very simple vapors. The winds that 
blow from the west, are strongest from 12 on. The clouds that appear 
on distinct sides of the region travel toward the east where they form 
heavy black clouds. At 4 P. H. , the vapor column begins to drift 
