Show PROBING A VOLCANO A stick almost causes the destruction st of its owner it was in 1772 that P aljan th the e japanese vesuvius broke forth in its worst eruption of ashes and scoriae dealing death arm and ruin i over a radius of seven eu miles sweeping 8 beep i n gj into eternity peaceful inhabitants inhabits inh abita ats 0 of f the forty villages lages vi destroyed all in a single night writes theodore purdy in the new york mail and express next day the sun smiled down upon the scene and deaths teat baths hs of smoke jamol e over the blackened rain af pf forest and homo home told the talk tale j i 1 11 J this morning after years we gazed with some moti etoy at the awful 11 surroundings II di IS of OZ precipitous itous cliffs and dese descended e into the byg vim cri craters into the clouds of steam stepping caire carefully on the hot crust ol of lava and sulphur which burned tbt he iroles of our boots on all sides side tura are craters boiled and I 1 terrifying terrify ins noises from the ce center ante mountain what would be 64 pur fate should this frail coating of laava la vai taid and fishes ashes break I 1 under our feet one of our party ii a champagne manufacturer from rheims evidently fond of 61 a fizz foolishly fool bly poked with his stick above one of these bubbling gey sars the effect was instantaneous and awful the earth was rent with a horrible noise of an explosion he be was thrown down scalded with boiling water red hot lava and sulphur we fell fel lo 10 on n our hands expecting instant destruction dest ll 11 e ti but the one burst burst was the end a and n d we hastened to our companion who was badly though not fatally injured we left the awful spot whilst the geyser spit forth and roared like an enraged beast volcanoes are interesting to read about b and explore but like bu buzz saws are dangerous to meddle with |