Show EGGS HATCHED BY A VOLCANO how row tho the sea galls gulls utilize the warm biala cf of crater san feancisco Faan cisco chronicle hron icle from the region of ice and snow and of poachers and smugglers the cutter rush came yesterday iler half dozen guns were 1 in n prime condition not havin having b been e en fired on the trip and her hold old was not laden with the spoils of seizure but she brought interesting newa the most interesting g result of the trip of the he rush was a visit eaid raid by tho the officers to the bogos av V island where is the famous volcano of that name in conversation with one odthe of the officers an interesting resume wai was obtained of the discoveries and data gleaned by the visit bogeslov Bogo is sixty miles west southwest of Oona laaka it originally consisted cofone of one island with two cra craters tero one of which first into in 1792 last list winter the island wa was the scene scene of a strange convulsion of nature the second crater now known as mew new bogeslov Bogo became active in some powerful convulsion the sandspit which bad had con necked the two parts of the island was submerged end and one crater was separated from the other by several fathoms of water it is is thought that barim luring this convulsion changes occurred ili in new bogeslov Bogo below the water line that fissures were opened through which vilums of water made their way into the caldron within this accounts for the immense quantities of steam which the officers of the rush saw escaping fr from om the crater at a distance tan ce of fu fully ily six sixty ty m miles iles of the two era craters berg new bog bogos os lov officered ered tho most interesting field of study to the officers cers of the rush they ascertained the crater to be only feet above the sea level the peak has dh disappeared appeared in the galine hole along the sides of the volcano barge deposits of lava I 1 pumice ashes and volcano rock were seen from fissures on the level earth springs of boiling sulphur arose to heights of from seven to ten feet the officers planned an ascent to the crater a hazardous feat which could only be attempted when a favorable favo rabla wind carried the sifting volumes of sulphurous kv burous 11 steam stearn in u single direction when hen near tho mouth rathe cf the crater the footfalls of the officers were echoed within the volcano on peeping over the edge of the mouth an impre impressive save sight was witnessed steam in in endless quantities rushed up from unknown depths and rum birog bubbling noises like that of thunder were heard th the e air air i was impregnated with sulphur I 1 bur and near the crater enec one could 1 Tb breathe reathe only with difficulty one of the most novel discover les iea in in connection with the nece ascent nt was that the ocean birds used the volcano island as a natural incubator for their young thousands of gulls flew aay away at the approach of f the rush they left behind t hemi along the sides of tho the volcano eggs in all stages of development |