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deflected and thrown into terrific whirls or tornadoes by the prevailing wind, which on Mont Pelée is northeast. St. Pierre is southwest of the mountain and the crater is somewhat overturned to the westward.
Fig. 18. St. Vincent: On the March, just below the Clouds. Three of the porters have already turned back. June 4, 1902.
Fig. 19. St. Vincent: Ascent of the Windward Slope, June 4, 1902. In the clouds 2,000 feet up. Luncheon preparatory to the last effort. Note the increasing darkness of the four photographs: they were taken by Mr. Clare Taylor of St. Thomas, who accompanied the expedition.
The death-dealing billows of falling hot sand and gravel, themselves a mighty downward wind, deflecting with them the rising hot steam and
