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The latter shows the site of a [45]
dust crater and flow which were
photod in 1903. Note the little pin-
nacle then left and still standing
in 1915.]
The deposits of 1902-1903, like
those of 1812 and before, made natural
charcoal from some of the trees which
they buried. Much of this has been
collected by the negro natives of their-
land and used as fuel. About
two
one and one half miles from the sea
the stump and roots of a silkcotton
tree, changed to such charcoal,
based on the stream.
stand in their original position.
This does not necessarily indicate
now
that the stream is flowing on its
old bed, for the water may well have
flowed elsewhere when the tree
was alive -