29t> 7-1 SIT TO THE TANKOIIBAS" PEAiiOE IS JAVA, 
mg the late eruption the mud filled a great portion of the funnel 
and that it was moved in a direction from west to east. The comb 
between the Kawa Ratoe and the Kawa Opas situated to the west¬ 
ward of it has suffered little or nothing and is still covered with its 
Thibandien bushes, excepting by the side towards the Kawa Ratoe. 
On the southern and western side also the contents of the crater 
have not overflowed its rim. 
The mass of mud has poured itself over the east rim of the cra¬ 
ter and corresponding side of the mountain and thrown down every 
thing in its course. It is evident that this eruption of mud was also 
accompanied by one of ashes moved in the same direction and this 
explains how the wood situated lower down and left standing was 
found covered with them. 
We attempted to descend on the south side of the crater where 
alone it was practicable. We had however scarcely proceeded fifty 
steps when we were compelled to relinquish our intention both be¬ 
cause the mud and ashes were too loose and brought us in danger 
of being precipitated with them into the crater, and because the N, 
E. wind set the dreadful clouds of vapour directly upon us by which 
we ran great risk of being suffocated. Prudent through the mis¬ 
fortune of others, as three days before our ascent five men from the 
Bandongsche district perished near this spot from this steam, we did 
not venture further. Notwithstanding we only descended so short 
a distance in the crater, the remarkable difference of the temperature 
within it and on its eastern border did not escape us. At \ past 2. 
p, m. the weather being foggy Fahrenheits Ther. stood at 64° on the 
east side of the top, and % of ah hour later, the weather remaining 
the same, within the crater not more than 50 steps on the south 
side, at 79°, giving a difference of 15°; if the heat may be measured 
by this comparison it is evident that, setting aside the dangers men¬ 
tioned, it was at the time of our visit not practicable to reach the 
bottom. Having collected a quantity of ashes, mud and a few spe¬ 
cimens of fine grained trachyte and lava, dug up out of the former 
we returned to Tjatter.* We returned over another mountain ridge 
* These specimens were presented to the museum of geology of the 
