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water were gushing forth with a tremendous force, foaming like a troubled sea. These phenomena of nature, accompanied by a continuous rolling sub- ten'anean noise, together with the indescribably- wild character of the scenery, struck us with Avonder and awe ; and, after having seen all, we were not sorry to turn our backs on a locality so startling.

In perfect contrast to the scene thus described, was the lake which we were next shown, about a mile from Chondero di Moeko, called Sumoor Tjototundo, which is situated higher up the Prau, at the foot of a tall peak, and surrounded by tro- pical trees and vegetation. So quiet is the scene, so calm the sheltered waters, that our approach seemed the only sign of life; and so still was every- thing, that one might well have fancied that the trees and their briijht-tinted fo]iao;e had all, with the lake beneath, been petrified by the touch of some fairy's wand.

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