New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-03
"a Visit 20 Jaya vezeano.

We here found ourselves on the rim of 1 cironIns
bowl OF six or seven miles In crcnmfafeioe M o(
p Ss aepn asntes rs q sss Gssns mostly
emitting constantly smoke and sulphufc vapoe VIII
q large sulphur pond on one side Of il, Tha WhoSa
coup d'1d had much more the appearance n Avsa6
every object appeared, III around ard ke1oW ~
tance but revealing itself by their dinlirn
blocks Of cindery rock appearing nks httie hIp6
together Il seemed hardly creibas IA Is ~ ~
grasp at one glance 80 vast, and yet min1teIy per
feet view. The descent into this monslef ceyifB
has, believe, been once or twice eabctsd " ~ -
sstance Of ropes. but i must, under any
be very hazardous undertaking. ss5ts
The beautifully distinctneN Of every object ii III
crater, as seen through the axufeke ats0sphexo ~
which u was surrounded, reminded M II
ances witnessed once at very cnrious lttla III ~
Java, called the blue watefsn Il va. periapSs
hardly half mile In circumference, dtleto1 II x:
dense forest, and surrounded BY txees of ~ gia1t
parted to its waters tint almost deeper tsn M a
the sky, and at the depth Of SIX or seven fStbp a
even more, every object to the smallest particle u
weed, was seen as distinctly ~ thopgh held n ~
hand 1t had however, another peculiarly that pFu.
ably did not apply to the atmosphere o The cfater
that the rays Of light struck It n such Nay = q
give false position to everything below the snres,
and fishes, that You thought quite close and imupedt
ately under yon would remain mot only nnhar5ed ].
but even undismayed, by dart cf yoor lance and
though you might keep on repeating It each atteps
II lave y0u tnl8 time tn0ughI Q cool " DON'T y0A
wish Z" on the calm countenances Of the sttacksd
after each futile endeavor to carry ont tho threat
the invariable response. When 9 bather Nas i'm;
mersed in this lake, you saw nothing Of him bat hiB
head and feet, reminding you Of the figures os
Chinese criminals as displayed ON cups and saucels,
when you are favored with front view oe the nm
happy wretches, resting on their hauls with their
| chins on their knees.
The forest in which this lake was situated swarmed
with monkeys, and, on one occasion, had rather.
sharp encounter, while (what in Iceland would 10
styledl considerably undressed, = with pack a
them headed by old villain standing thfee of to
feet high, with long white beard, Who dispatso,
most manfully, my right to detan one Of his tsihe
that Malay had caught for me. Fortunately, IwAa
armed with stout stick it was very evident that
my throat and his teeth would shortly have been dis
agreeably connected The oldest part Of It was that
my prisoner, who was very young one, had imsds
several most determined attempts at snic jumping
into the water and allowing itself to ank without an
effort and had not pulled it out BY string that
was round its waist case Of tio de q, 70 al ~
pearance, must have ensued. While was doing hi.
tie 1t again plunged in, and by the time tho foe had
been beaten off found il under water In perfectly
quiescent state, and all but dead, from which, h0W-
ever we managed to revive it, and rewarded il trials
and sufferings by emancipation 10 its eafy heune.
[Hongkong to Manila and the Lakes Of Lnaon IN ths
Philippines. By Henry T. Ellis. B. N.