PAUT 1.] Mallei: Note on a recent mud eruption in liamri Island. 71 
examined bj' the Kin Tbooo: 3 'ee, relative to tbe volcanic eruption which took place in his 
circle a few months ago, viz. : — 
1. Kulla-kj'ee of Kon-houng Tau Village, 
2. Ya-ha Hkyoung of Peu-lay-na ditto, 
3. Pan Hla Oo of ditto ditto, 
4. Tha Htoon Hpyoo ditto ditto, 
5. Tha Htoon Oung ditto ditto, 
6. Ya-ha Oung of Iioung Hkyooein ditto, 
and from their collective evidence the Thoogyee has communicated the following :— 
1. The eruption occurred near the village of Peu-la 3 '-na, a spot hearing about 4G0 yards 
north of the above village, 1,000 yards west of the Yua Ma village, and i of a mile east of 
the sea-shore. 
2. It occurred on the 19th of March 1878, at 7 o’clock in the morning. 
3. No earthquake occurred, the earth merely cracked, and from the fissure a hill began 
gradually to rise. 
4. The eruption lasted 11 days, and began increasing gradually day after day, ending in 
the same, manner. This was ascertained by means of a post which was put into the earth 
for the purpose of watching the height of the hillock as it increased. A few da 3 's, however, 
before the eruption ceased, the post was found lying some 14 or 15 cubits distant from the 
place where it had been put in. 
6. No flames occurred at the time of the eruption : a lad, however, who happened to be 
close to the spot, accidentally dropped into the crater a box of matches, when immediately a 
large flame to the height of about 25 cubits above the top of the hill issued forth, and which 
continued burning for two days and a night before it went out. 
6. The shape of the hill is said to resemble an inverted boat, and its height is 18 cubits. 
There was previously^ in the same spot a small hill about 9 feet high, and on this hill the 
eruption took place. The hill is flat on the top, cracked in several places, and the cracks 
filled with mud. 
7. The lava or stuff* thrown up was mud mixed with stones, and the mud thin and 
watery ; when first thrown out the mud was warm. Inside the cracks it is very hot when 
felt by the hand. The stones were small in size, and were not thrown up much higher than 
the summit of the hill. 
8. There is another hill of the same kind as this one in the neighbourhood which was 
formed over a hundred 3 -ears ago. 
8. Was the stuff thrown up mud only, or mud mixed with stones ? Was the mud thin and 
watery, or thick ? Was it cold, w-arm, hot or very hot when first thrown out ? How large were 
the higgest stones thrown out, and how high w-cre they thrown ? 
9. Are there any other hills of the same kind in the neighbourhood, and if so, have any of 
them been formed during the remembrance of the present generation; if so, how many and 
when ? 
Any further information will also be acceptable. 
' Specimens sent to the Geological Museum were light grey mud and pieces of grey shale. A 
few pieces were reddish, doubtless from having been exposed to the heat of the flames.— Vide 
Vol. XT, pp. 196, 201. 202. 
