in a narrow torrent comes through, flowing in its (42) old channel. Here the river fills its rock bed and is so deep and swift, even in the middle of the dry season, as to be impassable. The same conditions prevailed as this lava wall in 1903 and 1908. In the angles and side ravines of the gorge there still stand lofty banks of new ash which, except for loss of height due to settling, give a measure of the deposit made by the recent eruption and show that it was from 100 to 150 feet deep. (Cf. former notes on this depth) About a mile from the sea is the old bend in the gorge which re- ceived an immense amount of ash in May, 1902, and was the locus of the ash fountain action produced by the access of water to the interior