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The northernmost of these (43
is the most active, the steam
issuing with force enough to
throw out pebbles an inch in
diameter when cast into the
vent. Two temperature ob-
servations here one at six inches
and the other at nine inches
below the orifice gave the same
results, viz 99.5° C. (conec-
collected gas for analysis.
tion OK?) The second
^12 or 15 feet
vent, some ten or twelve
south of the preceding, gave
forth a gentle column of
vapor and its temperature
18 inches below the bottom
of its little crater was
95° C. (21,52 B) The
third vent, about ten feet
^still
further south, discharged so