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Identifier: travelsamongstg00whym (find matches)
Title: Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911
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Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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THERE WAS FIRE BELOW. 152 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. vn. We saw an amphitheatre 2300 feet in diameter from north tosouth, and 1G50 feet across from east to west,1 with a rugged andirregular crest, notched and cracked ; surrounded by cliffs, byperpendicular and even overhanging precipices, mixed with steepslopes — some bearing snow, and others apparently encrusted withsulphur. Cavernous recesses belched forth smoke; the sides of
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cracks and chasms no more than half-way down shone withruddy light; and so it continued on all sides, right down to thebottom, precipice alternating with slope, and the fiery fissuresbecoming more numerous as the bottom was approached. Atthe bottom, probably twelve hundred feet below us, and towardsthe centre, there was a rudely circular spot, about one-tenth ofthe diameter of the crater, the pipe of the volcano, its channel 1 The accompanying plan is made from measurements which were taken onthe following morning. From A to B (000 feet) was measured by a line. Z repre-sents the mouth of the pipe at the bottom of the crater. C was the lowest pointin the lip or rim, and A, D, E, were the highest ones. chap. vii. A GREAT SAFETY-VALVE. 153 of communication with lower regions, filled with incandescent if not molten lava, glowing and burning ; with flames travelling toand fro over its surface, and scintillations scattering as from awood-fire ; lighted by tongues of flickering flame which i

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