The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 189
oining the west end of 174 MARVELS OF EARTH AND OCEAN Java, are a number of volcanic islands, one ofwhich is known as Krakatoa. Krakatoa, which isbut a volcanic mountain rising from the sea, be-gan to be in eruption in May, 1883. At that time the steam escaped from the crater ashes, and the sea,… … THE ISLAND THWART THE WAY, BEFORE THE PASSING OF THE EARTHQUAKE-WAVE. in puffs, sometimes white, sometimes gray orblack with ashes, much as it does from the stackof a locomotive. Viewed from afar, this steamapparently rose to a height of thousands of feet,where, caught by currents of air, it was…
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