13anda.-Gunong Api, S. of Ceram, 1800 feet high, is seldom at rest, was burning from 1587 to 1824.
Matchian, N. of Batcbian, and 50 miles from Ternato, in eruption 1646, and rent open 29th December 1862, when ashes fell at Ternate.
Timor, in violent eruption 1638, and a lake formed and peak disappeared.
Pulu Batu, N. of Flores, in 1850 in eruption.
Flores has three active volcanoes. In 1836 in eruption. New Guinea.-Tanna volcano, in 1871 in eruption. Sanguir Island has Abo volcano at its northern part, in eruption in 1711, tdso March 185'6.
Alaska Island.-Ilaman peak, Behring Strait, 11,600 ft. Unalaska or Matusch Kui Island, 5474 feet. Unimak, 8076 feet.
Tanaga Island.
Kamtsehatka has a group of volcanoea Krestowilc, in lat. 56' 4' N.
Klutchewsk. 16,500 feet high, in violent eruption from 1726 to 1731, and again in 1767, 1795, and 1825.
Uschinskaja Sopka, lat, 56' N., ix nearly connected with Klutebewsk.
Tolbatschi, lat. 55° 51' N., is &113 foot high ; dis charges smoke and ashes from frequently shift Ing vents.
Schiwelatsh, on the north of the group, in lat. 56' 40' N., and 10,541 feet high, has two suintnits ; was in great eruption in 1739, and between 1790 and 1810 and 1854.
Japanowa, lat. 53° 32' N., and 9055 feet high, sends forth continuous smoke.
Koriatskaja, in lat. 53° liY N., and 11,210 feet high, has much obsidian.
Awatska, in lat. 53' 17' N., and 8910 feet high, in violent eruption in isr.
Kuril. Isles, chain is 720 miles long.
Paramouchir contains an active volcano.
Alaid, on its east, 12,000 feet high, in violent eruption in 1770 and 1793.
Formosa Island has four volcanoes.
Tschy-kang or Red Mountain, often in eruption.
Japan.-Yedo or Jeddo Island has AsamaYama volcano, in lat. 36° 22' N. ; in 1783, disastrous eruption, and still active.
Jesse Island has 17 conical mountains ; the Ustiga tali or Mortar Blountain and Kajo Noro aro burning.
Fusi Yama, in lat. 35° 18' N., and 12,443 feet high, uprose B.C. 286. It has been in eruption A.D. 799, 863, 937, 1032, and 1707, and since has been quiescent. It is visited by pilgrims.
Islitake Island, in the Bay of Kagosima ; Ounga on the W. coast.
I'wo-sima is S. of Kiou Siaou, lat. 30° 43' N.
Oho-sixna, lat. 34° 42' N., was seen in eruption in 1797. From Oho-sima a lino of volcanic islands runs south to Fated Sjo, in lat. 33° 6' N., and thence to Bonin Islands, in lat. 26' 30' N.
Mama Yama, near Wada Toge, has two active craters near the town of Oiwake.
Koosima and Oosima are two small volcanic islands between long. 139° and 140° E., near Capo Sangar.
In Kamakatka ftro seven volcanoes.
In Risiri Island is Langle volcanic peak, 5100 feet high.
In Niphon there aro nine craters, ono of them 12,000 feet high. Jake-yama, in lat. 41° 20' N.,
at the N.E. extremity of Niphon, and another of same name, in lat. 36° 33' N., are active.
In Kiou Sham, fivo active volcanoes. The greatest is Wun-scn-ta-ki, on which is perpetual snow ; it is worshipped. In 1793 an eruption occurred which destroyed Sima-Bara, with nearly 53,000 inhabitants. It is in lat. 32* 4' N., E.S.E. of Nagasaki, and 4110 feet high.
Aso Yam, in lat. 32" 45' N., is E.S.E. of Nagasaki, and Kirisima is in lat. 31° 45' N.
Philippines.-Tael, in Luzon, in 1716 a terrific eruption, moro violent in 1754, 7th August, 3(1 November to 12th December ; detonations heard 300 leagues distant.
Mayon Island, 3200 feet high, is constantly eject ing smoke and 'cerise, and was In eruption ia 1767, with a stream of lava.
Luzon lum eleven volcanoes, ono /MO feet high, in eruption 1800 and 1514. Bans* is 7020 feet high.
Mindanao Island, in eruption 1640 ; ashes fell in Borneo and throughout the Moluccas.
Aringuay, in the province of 'loco, on 4th January 1641 broke out terribly at the same time with the volcano of Iolo and the Sanguie in tho south of Magindanao, and the noise was heard at Cochin-China.
Manilla.-In 1645, for two months A succassion of fearful earthquakes ; in Cagayan a mountain overturned, 3000 lives lost ; overthrown by an earthquake 3(1 June 18.53.
Sandvrich Islands.-Ilualalei, on the W. coast of Hawaii, is active. Mauna Loa, 13,370 feet high, is in frequent eruption. The eruptions in 1843, 1852, August 1855, and 30th December 1S65, vrere very severe.
, Hawaii bas Mauna Roa, 4300 metres high, is active ; in eruption in 1833, and 1843, and 1855.
New Hebrides.—Tauna Island, lat. 19° 32' N.,in eruption at 10 A.M. 10th January and llth February 1878, accompanied with an earthquake and a tidal wave. Ladrones have three or four active volcanoes.
Fiji Islands have several extinct craters.
Navigators' Islands are to the north of the Friendly group, and to the south of the Fiji. The peak of Tafua, 2138 feet high, is always burning. Two others, Assia, 2576 feet, and Upala, 3197 feet high, are surrounded by fields of lava.
Niva, or Good Hope Island, in lat. 16° 5' S., and long. 176° W., is one of the Friendly Islands ; about every second year fire and lava burst from several parts of its surface.
Galapagos.—Chatham Island, 1200 metres high, has an extinct volcano.
New Zealand.—Tangariro, 2000 metres high.
Victoria Land, discovered by Sir James Ross.—Erehus and Terror volcanoes, active.
—Moresby; Bennett ; Logan; Bilmore; Wallace ; Mrs. S. Elders ; E. K. Kane ; Lt. Burnes ; Dr. Buist ; Scrope, p. 468 ; J. W. Judd, Volcanoes ; De Carne, p. 189.