e either in activity or seriously threatening it.

"Just before dusk a great cloud hung over Gunung Guntur, and the crater
of the volcano began to emit enormous streams of white sulphurous
mud and lava, which were rapidly succeeded by explosions, followed by
tremendous showers of cinders and enormous fragments of rock, which were
hurled high into the air and scattered in all directions, carrying death
and destruction with them. The overhanging clouds were, moreover, so
charged with electricity that water-spouts added to the horror of the
scene. The eruption continued all Saturday night, and next day a dense
cloud, shot with lurid red, gathered over the Kedang range, intimating
that an eruption had broken out there.

"This proved to be the case, for soon after streams of lava poured down
the mountain sides into the valleys, sweeping everything before them.
About two o'clock on Monday morning--we are drawing on the account of
an eye-witness--the great cloud suddenly broke into small sections and
vanished. When light came it was seen that an enormous tract of land,
extending from Point Capucin on the south, and Negery Passoerang on the
north and west, to the lowest point, covering about fifty square miles,
had been temporarily submerged by the 'tidal wave.' Here were situated
the villages of Negery and Negery Babawang. Few of the inhabitants of
these places escaped death. This section of the island was less
densely populated than the other portions, and the loss of life was
comparatively small, although it must have aggregated several thousands.
The waters of Welcome Bay in the Sunda Straits, Pepper Bay on the east,
and the Indian Ocean on the south, had rushed in and formed a sea of
turbulent waves.

DETONATIONS HEARD FOR MANY MILES AWAY

"On Monday night the volcano of Papandayang was in an active state of
paroxysmal eruption, accompanied by detonations which are said to have
been heard for many miles away. In Sumatra three distinct columns of
flame were seen to rise from a mountain to a vast height, and its whole
surface was soon covered with fiery lava streams, which spread to
great distances on all sides. Stones fell for miles around, and black
fragmentary matter carried into the air caused total darkness. A
whirlwind accompanied the eruption, by which house-roofs, trees, men,
and horses were swept into the air. The quantity of matter ejected was
such as to cover the ground and the roofs of the houses at Denamo