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“SIXTEEN volcanoes now working between the spot where Krakatoa was before and Sebesie.” Such was one of the first reports which was sent by cable to Singapore, and which we heard at Pontianak. Never before had we been so longing for news from Java, for when H.M. ship Hydrograaf steamed into the Padang-Tikar River, we heard heavy detonations and explosions like far-off shots, so that we were alarmed about Java. As we expected, our ship was soon ordered to survey the Sunda Straits. This survey was finished at the end of October, and the reader will probably feel interested to know what really has happened there.
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The Eruption of Krakatoa 1 . Nature 29, 268–269 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029268a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/029268a0