The people who died immediately,
Were far too many, not only one.
Some lay caught up in trees.
Some were crushed by boats.

THIS is a verse from the poem written by Muhammad Saleh, about three months after the volcano, Krakatau, erupted in August of 1883. The poem, 350 verses, written in the Malay-Arabic script is in fact an eyewitness account of the event which describes in detail the mass deaths that occurred as a result of the eruption. The