1946 
Jan. 1 - Three years ago my village existed tranquilly, without any 
wanning of the volcano that exists today. Three years ago all 
parts of this region were beautiful, with fruit trees in the village, 
as well as in the fields, green pastures, beautiful fields that dem- 
onstrated the riches of the area, with cattle and sheep and droves 
of horses and other animals that grazed in the rich fields of the 
region. Now there remains for me only a remembrance and a pride 
to have known it as it existed three years ago and to note the changes 
that I observe with the eruption of this volcano as it continues its 
activity. 
The volcano continues to fling out incandescent rocks and scoria 
and frequently sand and ashes. At the same time the lava continues 
covering more fields 3 kilometers northwest of the volcano, almost as 
far as the lands of Huirambosta. With the deep heavy noises of the 
crater, one can see the stones that are forceably hurled out and fall 
on all the flanks of the cone. The greater part of the scoria fall 
back into the crater. 
2 - A little after one o'clock in the morning the noises of the 
crater cease. Some vapors continue to rise without any force, passing 
first to the northeast and then to the west. The column continues 
circulating from east to west, from north to south; the ashes do no 
damage but when the vapors are dense the shadow is cold. In the night, 
one notes no incandescent rocks or scoria from the crater, nothing more 
than simple vapor, as on the previous nights. 
3 - Only the noises continue, frequent and very deep, like regular 
thunder, with white vapors like a veil. In the night one sees the 
red reflection of the light of the lava that illuminates the vapors 
from the crater. This is due to the activity of the lava vent that 
