, 1869-05-16

mud volcanoes:
"The ncxt morning went to see the hot springs
srsted. i picirrrsque path szuone plantations
lulfav1ues brought NJ to beautiful circular basin
Lbecs forty feet IN d!a1eses, eordtEed By cal
ooked Tie i 'rark OF Aft. II Fxx aued With clear
Eatef Eefy near the boiling point, and emitting
clouds Of steam with strong enlphnroas odot.
pf hot water, which at hundred yards distance
u stiu TOO hot To hold TIC band II. stie further
On, in = piece Of rough wood, were two otnet
b much hotter, as they we're In . continual state
Of acttye ebuliuon- At Intervals OF . fer min-
utcs great escape Of sseam or Eaa TOOK place,
throwing up column oi water tnree Or ioas 'ee'
We then went to the mud springs, which are
about r1fe OF, and are still more curious On
sHs snii hIe - ot t liquid mud, IN psscnes of blne
red OF white, and III manJ places boA-
ing and i.uholtns most tu:1ousls. Al around on
Of boIl!ng mud. There seem TO be forming cons:n-
u1lly, small hole appearing frst, which eml1s
lels Of steam and boiling mud, which on harden
dsc. The Esornd fos soSne distance = tery un
sa.e: rs 4 evidently uaaid q sa1al depsh I'D
bends with pressure Ike thin ice. Al one o. TIE
p1osea {s aels NJ hsaa 70 see i i vs. really :
drop Of water that spnlted On to ny anser scsided
IL la1s sstsee q see a. snoos aaI ho, =
an oven door, which vas evidently su Old mud
poot dried up snd hardened For hundredA ot
white ca5, used ior Thiterash, Il VS. stu - bot
close TO the surface that the hand could hardly bear
to te he!d Ia cracks fen inches deep, and from
foed S iSst eoas aa1e sses eaca sentsessn
rho visited these epItuEs Fensurea too aeaF The
liquid nud, when the ernst save WY, and be was
cngulttd IN the horrible canidron.'
AGo IND IEs NASET4CtCRk
When sago Is 10 be raxdt, full sTown ttee Is
selected j!st before 1t Is going 70 1owef II CIT
G ssaiss @ eesred a. asaS, ID ssoad G1p q tie SarK
taken eE the upper Hde Of the trunk Ta1A ex-
poses the E.,hJ matter, wh1ea Is u ru1y color
White, abort a. ha.u Is . az apple, but win
woodI nbres running through Ii about quarter
oi an inch aEayt- Tnts plth Is cut OF broken
stsucted for inc purpose club of hard and heavy
embedded into Its blunt end. ana proteeuag
nas1a Ss 1T: st:ps oi W sse pa are cut as.y sa fzi
COR . into TIC c.nndcr formed b! tac oatx Pro,
ceedlnx steadily on, the Wkole trunk l. cleared
~ ea'' .neh Is Z sh.esnsss. nS' rsis material i
carried Away Ia baskets EnsAe ol the
eleathtug buses Ut ne leaves, T. ne aear- r
sT gatsF wns ,nsl Insane a : ~ M u
tree ITSELF The large sheAhiug bases Of the leaves
ftrun the t1ougha and the nbrous covering fo1Ia
The 1eaf stalks Of the young cocoanat thA st:ane1.
Ene&ted and pressed against thr siraiuer MI the
starch "a 81 Dissolved and mas passed tmooHn,
when the naIpns Ee1Ise thfoNh aMayt any =
charged with $500 stasen passts on 70 npa4n'
with depression n the centre, WHERE tne sedi.
toent q deposited the surplus wafer st1cEllng 90
ILL., the mass Of starch, which has Night re,A!sh
tiugc. Is made into cylinders OF about thirty
poun.l5 weight, and IN ibis state Is sold Is raw
Eo,lcd with water, this forms thick elutInoaa
1nuss, NTH rather a*utngent tasse, And Is cater
ws,n ~ lines md shfea SaS9 bread a = made
small clay oven containing SIX OF eight sits s.ae
hy side, each about three quarters Of an inch wide
md st1 or eight Inches sqnate the raW .aGn =
sifted. Tie oven u hcated over clear nre O.
sIneeEA aEl Is liSatlJ nllca WITH ne saso power
Tue optn1res aie tncn eoseteu WIN uaI piece q
safara ls ii @ eased Tns - - ~,
serf nice With butter, aad When Eade Win III
addition Of Ute snEat and gEateu eocn.oot, 4.
EIc coru nour cakes, but have . blight Character
istic aaytF. WHICH is lost IN the Ictued sago VI
use IN The country, Wien not wstte5 70. tInme
thes, tecp 70. years: they are vcsy hard aud ycr,
rr'rgn ald dss; but the reop.s ar used 70 then
:9s ~ s sesa S ou9. lis Is tss ass
bread Al busscr:'
n1Kns a, o. or r. nAxanns, RAJ H., n,,.,,.
LIE CEAp4EfB lefO&E1 IL LUG ltNuS VI
an upusuallr tn.ercstiue, The writer describe
.,ae,..,, ,.srt,,,a. ,on-+na, ~ ETnor
no less tasa eighteen Sa,,enes ioosseea o. "aoa non
trn,,a anil one to the Noluccas. We select an es
trart nom ,hc cn.pters on the Great Dtrl q
para,l,sc 1 @ .%u,c1 VI 4 the hauIsome., M mi rases
0 n eap eleat B af oi " @ ,assss, specie
snss5, sisE Ssas1iiy ssSsaissa :; ~ = sish.Ss @
! bofr. vinre nnd taIl ar Of j r1ch coneeIbrowz
which t1cepens on the breast 10 h,actblrd vioIe
| OF purple brown. The whole top OF the hesd an
The feathers hetHg snort nod ciose set 60 ~ I
resemble plush OF velvet: the lower part Of th
throat up TO tho eye ts clothed with scar feather
Of IN emerald green color, and with nch tnesanl
| EldeE ana yelyefy plnDes OF Stul deeper Nree
far as the eye, which !s bright yellow. The bca
| Is l.ale le1d Liut: and the feet which al
rather large, and serJ strong and vel
I formed, Are OF 4 paIc 4sny MIN
Tie tWo middle ieattcsx q the ,ail have t
| weh* e1cent \ yerv sn1alI one at the hasa tn1 =,
the extreme in. forming wtre-ljkc ctrrhl whis
! SPREAD on in "a ejeasul doale curye. and WI
fi1tn twenty -four 10 thirty four tncnes long Fro
dense tufk at long aud delicate planes, som
times two 1eet II, length, of the most intense gol
cn-olange colos and vefJ glossy. but changing T.
pluua1c can se elevated and sprcad ont at p1ea
atc 50 rs almost e coheea! the BODY Of The bird
sEsn s osasnts nI' ~. dss 1s, snt5ey 60
l 1AGA " ~ t'~ ttNtAt+ - se1t+
l ,Tc,S PLAIN anu ofulnaft-!0oAlbs Dlfu Of unllnr
| coEtc.tso~u co:os which ncrcr chanscA: ne,th
loss shc possess ne long al wlres, nor siaS a
| 4eHOW or green te3theF hDont Tue mead. "
,ounR nlales OF The Gr1t rear exactly resemble II
females, 80 TINT they can only be distinguish
/ by dissection The .GISt change Is the acoL4s.t!<
! Of the ycilow and green color on the heaa n
threat and Il the same tine Tie twu mid tic Ia
feathers e1ow 4 few tnches longer than 1nr re:
hut remain Wef,.,ed on both s1dts AZ alAt
rertcst these feathetH arc rcplceu By the lol
hare shafts Of the full length, IS IN tnc adait or
oEt there Is stu no sign Of the tnsSu:dccnt oEao
side niumcs which later still completes the All,
| Of the perfect male. To effect these chan4% the
must be, al least. THREE successive tnouitnGs: q
| as thc birds ven found By ne In al the stag
about the Eare time, Il Il probable that they moi
I only once EeAr, anti tn2t The full plrfnASe Is
| acn1,1r, Il uufL the bit,1 is four TEARS old
1.-THE C,cpt Firl OF Paradise IL reEy active q
| y1curoua and seems Il, he in constant motion
NAV jour. X 4 gery nbupdunt, small not
| oI feE.aIcs and Young males bel
constantly met with md thouvh the tuII-nlnmag
fsrIls nrr 1rss plentiful thejr lond crtea khlch I
I torrt {airr shn,e thnr thar n1an arr rerx nrnn