The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-24

mountain whose top looks just like boat turned upside
plantations and peak find craers each about 600
feet deep both sechrg ard boiling and splitting out mud
crystals and flowers Near Djokjakara saw the volcano
Merari which the lava still running and further
hall dozen other great peaks each sending forth its
column OF steam.
THE GREATEST VOLCANO IN THE WORLD.
have come here to describe the Tengger, and ! send
you the they written right on the ground part
of them with handkerchief my mouth to keep ont the
fumes OF the birthstone which coming up from the he'll
pit below The enggcr volcano is older than the records OF
history Its large that other volcanoes have
burst forth in it, and OF these the Bromo is still active
ne Gengger itself IS covered With sea Of sand and the
of this mghte5 crater OF the wonders Of the world
TRAVELLING AMONG THE CLOUDS
This town Of Tosar the starting point for the volcano
Ii situated in the eneser mountains higher above the
sea than the top OF Mount Washington in region covered
with luxuran vegetation he town IS one OF matched
hts with Dutch sanitarium the hill it. The in
babants are Iavanese mountaneers OF them
worshpers who live the edge OF the volcano and who
sacrifice it 1t is At the sanltarum am staying ana It
guide for the Bronze We had two ray Jayanese ponies
and coolies to take care OF the horses and
Ne lett Tosar in the qhostly light of the early morning
when the world below us was hidden in clouds We seemed
70 he travelling over sea clouds and there other
clouds above rs nesting here and there in the mountains
As the broke forth It painted these masses OF ap3 WIKI
mountains the eastward leaned as Meie afa'l nd
walls molten aod the rich dark blue OF their SIDES backed
Inv this gorgeous yellow moment later black sheet OF
right OF the sun WhCh Slo Us rays
through place in the where the sheet was hnnes
l lew moments il bored hole. It were through this
sl,se and made funnel like road OF blue through the
Golden wall of the sky II seemed very road to heaven IL
sef Cur ponies dragged through clouds Ike these
climbing up the step hills W wound TINS way ana mat
now crawling up steps OF corduroy and now hanging over
he edges OF ravnes down which we could look i9 thou
sand feet into beds Of snowy lavender clouds WINE ABOVE
rs we're the mountains piercing the blue
TAVAS MOUNTAIN FARMS.
The scenes Of the earth quite wonderful as those
f t heavens Some OF the canyons were thousand feet
and so steer that you would Think the crops would fall
. ,, ro,nd ti these canyons were cultivated clear to
ma on high above it. The crops were indan
,.s -rs....t. toes. he mauntains ere cut up WITH
,,, r tr. laauaa and potato paches are spaded and
lf No. could moi possibly pillow them without Nlns your
- 10 tree to keep him from falling down the mountain
The alace and potatoes carried down to tne o"@ha'
i+ The potatoes delicious, as are also the CAB
49, t tbe latter grow on It were Each carnage
800. ,y,o three or four feet long, and my guue totu
% hat when YOU OFF the head from SEN '''
pe ~ iii GROW upon il. don't think ne lieu -,
~ ,-sgeation grew scaner as we clnneu on PL
,.-.srs At the rode a long us4H0e "a 10
lhoui THE road itself is walled with ferns anu lne's
"a 10 orchids hanging in the trees mace tge ~ e,n
ano ne r wonderful than the Hanging Gardens OIL 9ein
iramis at BABYLON LOOK AT sMERoE.
49, 81, hour before coming to the Sand sea Rot a
- ~ the highest volcano Of Java ms Is tne
go whose crater kisses the sky at two miles ana man
Gtbc level OF the Indian ocean saw the soesno On
,l, bend in the mountain path i Jay oeuinu 49,
,t navy blue cone painted it we're upon inc
... u Of the clouds. There were other mountains AZ
m s,et also blue in the distance, and out Of It's Wy