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lying in an easterly direction to that which we before ascended, and 
is parted by a deep ravine from it. Here the work of destruction 
was greater and more extensive than at the other place and stretch¬ 
ed out to the neighbourhood of the Kawa Badak described by Valek, 
Van Oort and Muller. Although the inhabitants assured us 
that the Kawa Badak had become more active since the last erup¬ 
tion of the Kawa Ratoe, we could trace no appearances differing 
from those described by Van Oort and Muller, and indeed the gene¬ 
ral and special appearances of this crater or rather Solfatara had 
undergone no particular change. The temperature however of the 
water bubbling up in several places was from 192° to 195° Fah. and 
the temperature of the vapour issuing through numerous holes from 
a completely undermined bottom at those apertures from 210® to 
218° Fahr. 
Before the close of the evening we had returned to Tjatter. 
According to the published records the eruptions of the first days 
of April 1829 must have been very heavy, and burning lava with 
large stones as well as ashes were projected. That lava and those 
stones must then as at present have been ejected over the eastern 
side of the mountain.* 
Whatever may be true of those reports, this is certain, that the 
eruption of 1829 bore no-comparison with the present one; as the 
age of the trees thrown down dates long before 1829, and they 
must therefore during that commotion have remained standing. 
Bleekek. 
Poerwarkarta , June 13 th. 1840 . 
Society of Science and Art at Batavia. The mud and ashes are being 
analysed by the skilful Mr. Maier, the results of which will be pub¬ 
lished. 
* Javasche courant of the 5th. May 1829 and the report of van Oort 
and Muller. 1, 6. p. 154. 
