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  • At about 10,000 feet the party reached what the natives called the dempo or edge of the volcano, whence they looked down into the sawah or ancient crater, which was a level space composed of brown soil surrounded by cliffs, and lying like the bottom of a cup 200 feet below them.

    Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata 1859

  • At about 10,000 feet the party reached what the natives called the dempo or edge of the volcano, whence they looked down into the sawah or ancient crater, which was a level space composed of brown soil surrounded by cliffs, and lying like the bottom of a cup 200 feet below them.

    Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago 1859

  • During the period, the company's topline grew 139% to Rs 2,413 crore with a three-fold increase in net profit to Rs 1,304 crore from a year ago, on account of high iron ore prices in the initial two months of the quarter and dempo mining's contribution.

    The Economic Times 2010

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