Mail advices from Honolala report the most amazing phenomenon ever observed within the crater of volcano by a white me Advertiser. tremendous bubble gas from the very centre of the earth, which supported an island s it floated Terose Take of ery ligaid. Frank A. Perret, the scientist who observed it, estimated that it covered an area of 3,000 square feet, and he was fortunate re far from taking them, The bobble was huge sausage-shaped affair, inflated with volcanic gas and composed of lava glass, says the scientist in his report. A lava fountain, boiling continuously under the eastern end, gave the appearance of a screw propeller, and the amazing contrivance seemed to be navigating the lake like great whaleback steamer. There was an island of black crust, which ben it began to sink evolved a great quantity of gas which blew the bubble of lava glass, and this in tarn sustained the island and prevented it from sinking, It made several tours of the lake before it disappeared from sight last. This was observed in the vol-
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