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THE photograph of what is described as “a gigantic plug of solidified lava” in the centre of the new cone of Mont Pelée, which appears in NATURE of October 1 (p. 530), reminds me of similar columns of ancient lava not uncommon among the trap rocks of the Deccan, and I enclose a copy of a sketch I made of one of these in 1839, the remarkable similarity of which to the column on Montn Pelée seems to be worthy of notice. A second similar column is seen in the distance on the right.
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STRACHEY, R. An Ancient Lava Plug like that of Mont Pelée. Nature 68, 573–574 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068573a0
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