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ridge stretching cas-, aud wes' Al n.
west point OF The island begins high range
which further east divides into three ranges,
that cross the island to ito east side in more
Or less parallel lines. On the most north.
erly ofthese ranges is the ancienr volcano
| Maunga A. on whose slorr tho present
outbreak occurred.
On Nov Tetens cnmped about l.iso
metres above the sea; threefourths of
| a mile away was crater, from which
came incessant rumblings, smoke and glow
| 1t seemed to be about 100 metres in diameter
and had opened on the slope Of tho Ma'inga
| Az about fifty metres below and three.
| fo,lrths OF a mile from tho old crater OF
| the volcano.
The column of dust and steam continu.
| ally changed In magnitude and red hot
rocks at intervals were thrown about lOo
| metres into the air. most Of them falling
back into the opening. The phenomena
did not give the impression Of great energy.
| Around the new crater the trees and Under
| growth have been destroyed. About A mile
and half to the northwest was long ridge
Of stones. from few inches to a foot and a
half in diameter, go hot that the bare-footei
| Samoans could not walk on them,
The ridge, or wall, was from fifteen 70
thirty feet In height. It's length and width
we're not ascertainetl r. '-.ssa
On Nov. ts Land Surveyor Lammert
visited the volcanic centre from the south
and discovered another active crater, 2oo
metres lower than the one which Tetens
visited and about ono metres to the north Of
| IT, He remained in the neighborhood for
| four days. camped on the crater edge 81
| Maunga Al, above the two centres of &C.
tivitv.
Clouds usually hid the Orators from view
but he found that the most northerly ~
them had an east west axis OF about 500
, metres in length The gases issuing from
the craters made It difficult at times for this
men to breathe.
All the timber had been scorched for
considerable distance around the craters.
the underground was burned and near the
| craters the destruction was complete. A
wall OF red lava and stone covered with
ashes, the out pourings of the crater, rose
around II to a height Of 90 metres. The
slope Of this high piled mass Of volcanic
debris was about thirty degrees.
The second crater could not be reached
At first it appeared to he less active than
the more mort hern crater. but on the night
CT Nov. 2O-2l, after a heavy earthquake
shock II became very active for time.
Thie is the last news that has been heard
from Samoa. II the volcanic energy had
increased It is likely that news OF the fact
would have been brought by vessels ar
irving either in San Francisco or Australia.
1t seems likely, therefore, that the activity
Of these new volcanic centres has either
diminished since the last reports or ha.
ceased entirely. ~ T.
1t has been accepted as true THAI tbs
beginning OF a volcanic outbreak is all tho
more violent IL it's period Of quietude has
! continued for a long time. In other words,
many physicists have held that long pc.
RODS of rest In an active volcano are dns
to the cloggtng Of the vent and that an
enormous power is often required to re-
move tho obst ruction with~the result that
great explosions and much violence ac'
company renewed activity In volcanoes
| that have long been quiet
In the case OF the recent outhursts on
Savaii, however, the volcanic energy APP
pears to have been comparatively nn'in'
| portant, though there had been no prs
vions display Of energy for two cen'nr'o
or more. Apparently the pent M "nh'
terranean impulse did not find ii difficult 20
reopen passage o the outer air.
How long the er'iptive PERIOD VII! con-
tinue on Savaii Is. Of course. predetermined
1t seems quite certain, however that'he m
custrial development Of the German colony
ia not likely to suffer to great extent from
this event.
The island of Upou is by far the most
valuable of the German possessions N
Samoa 1t rose above the sea a. mn'h
earlier time than Savali, and there seems
| to he little likelihood that this island Also
will suffer from volcanic eruptions,