[Geysers] Giantess and Krakatoa questions

[Karen Low]

I was re-reading Rudyard Kipling's "From Sea to Sea" and have a couple questions for the geyser gurus.
 
Kipling claims that "After the Krakatoa eruption all the geysers went mad together, spouting, spurting, and bellowing till men feared that they would rip up the whole field. Mysterious sympathies exist among them, and when the Giantess speaks (of her more anon) they all hold their peace."  Anybody know of any documented evidence of this?  Kipling's visit was in 1899, so it was nearly 16 years after Krakatoa erupted.
 
Kipling also says he was told that " If the Castle went off first, they said the Giantess would be quiet, and vice versa;"    Was there really ever a belief that the two were that closely related?  (Or were the soldiers just telling tall tales?)
 
Here is the link to "From Sea to Sea", for anyone who wants to enjoy a really well great trip report.  http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/FromSeaToSea/seatosea_XXXI.html
 
And another quote just for fun: "Would you believe that even these terrible creatures have to be guarded by the troopers to prevent the irreverent American from chipping the cones to pieces, or worse still, making the geysers sick?"
 
Karen Low

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