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Jan. 6, contd. 
main, cone, where the lava flows most actively, give a continuous typical 
noise. More to the south of the cone, the flow continues to spread, the 
stones falling down with a clinkery sound. At six in the afternoon the 
clouds of dust subside and the strong winds , which were insupportable 
during the afternoon cease. In the evening there are no incandescent 
rocks or scoria, only the red reflection of the lava vent and flow. 
7 - Five or six kilometers east the volcano there appeared some clouds crown- 
ing the Cerros of Cuzato and Pario but they are independent of the clouds from 
the crater, although the crater also emits vapors, without force, which rise 
to a higher altitude and drift toward the northeast. The cold winds begin 
to bio?; very early, from the east and all day raise heavy dust clouds. T '/inds 
come from other directions and meet those from the east, forming 'whirlwinds at 
times. At six in the evening all becomes tranquil. Only the noises from 
the crater are heard and these will continue all the night. 
8 - The vapors from the crater do not carry sand with them and in case they 
do, it ?;ill be a very fine ash. The contrary winds blow to?;ard the west and 
also blow toward the east. In the night one sees the red glow on the simple 
vapor. There is no scoria, nothing more than the noise, at times diminishing 
somewhat, then returning little by little, like a wave of the sea, sometimes 
almost approaching thunder. 
9 - For several days I have noted some frost; this morning it is somewhat 
heavier. Everywhere the ashy color of the sand is whitened by sparkles of 
frost. This is the result of the strong winds of the previous days. It is 
doing the same today, east ?;inds provoking the formation of dust clouds. 
The noises in the crater continue, with a very fine veil toward the northeast. 
The winds in the afternoon blow from the west. Some clouds that have been 
emitted from the crater have formed toward the northeast of the cone and 
appear yellow at sunset 
