The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-07-28


Hal time aad you space. / coo,s
o. tho " ha~ir-breadth 'scapes, ana
ventures Of g The Captain, . an
and |" Paul Pfis.'' in their ru,.a..
hogs and wilder bulls, and re.sn;n
wonderful yarns with which III
entertained US oyer the camp FIRE az. ''ss<}
of the day were done and the ipna,
] could tell how !" The Mountain
litter of sucking pigs, and scizinp ~ sns
them. was quietly t~rudging towa,a. @aat
volving in his mind as to whether ,hs 1ah
best roasted OF stewed, when. VIII ssQ'
an enormous great SOW came rpsb;.' W
mouth open, and our friend, for co,
which were imperative, relinouisbed
his prizes and his expectations: or 49, "s =
bull caused Paul Phiz'' to assume .
digni6ed attitude in climbing a friend,
how we killed an enormous boar a. as
feet long from the tip of his nose -
his tail, and l don't know how m.,N
rersa-whose skin was two and a b.s
thick. (true,) and who took f,u, In
head before giving up. Suffice to saw
very pleasant time of it, and tu,naa
homeward on "Wednesday morning. II, "a
with invigorated health and spiritsaM
SELF having gained eleven pounds in A. ]
many days.
On my return, our party divided. som.
going the sea-shore road ria Waimea ,,,v
haze. At the former place I enioyed IL.
ity of James Louzada, ESQ of the e..
zada & Spencer, at their fine sheen
They have about 5000 sheep and
finest breeds extant. AT KawaiRae had,
portunity of examining the very perrct I
ments of G. W. Macy. ESQ.,, for surDl,a,s
with potatoes and fresh beef. A shin ~
afSthat port and requiring forty barrel. =.
toes and a dressed bullock, need not /.
Owe an hour. Sixty-two whale sbirs -
piled there last spring.
reached the flow at Wainanalii on
morning. The first stream which came A.
March last is nearly cool, emitting a In.
occasionally. and is composed of clintr
which a passable horse path has been m,4
second stream, which enters the sea aoO,.
mile from the first, and four miles from Vi.
divides, is pahoehOe, and when I reached !
in a state of fusion. Two days before it,
crossed by people on horseback, hut Wa Il
to leave my mule on the other side, and =,
cred myself lucky in getting across on foot
the guidance of a native. The crust y,
thin, and my feet were well heated thrpsl
soles Of thick boots. Through the nm.
cracks the glowing lava was oozing out n /.
direction, and We were frequently oHn
make a detour to avoid it. Ii was no dnx1
turesome, and l was glad and relieved va
two hundred yards OF SO of distance VIZ ,
plished and / stood on the other side. wbu.n
leisure to watch the forT alton Of the q
shapes in which we find the rahoeboe. A
seaside a beautiful exhibition of fr~wab
water-works was constantly going on as IL
antagonistic elements met. As the hn
rolled in, the molten mass Missed like a hue
pent, sending up a dense cloud of star.
continually pouring out its liquid rek
seaward. On the side towards Kiholo, thea
is gradually widening and has approached
a few yards of a group of native houss, .
habitants of which were moving their gud
chattels to a point further along the cs<
inquiry, l learned that the flow had ui
been getting cooler up to last THURSDAY
when it suddenly received fresh yigor. Id
ticed, on the Sd instant. while at Kahaa
subsequently,. that the smoke from the nai
ter was greatly increased in volume
l reached home on Saturday evening
pleased with my jaunt, and in rugged hai
have spun rather a long yarn, but {" the ID
not been told" Yours, &C.,
HrlG
1Since the above letter was writer, "
heard that the lava stream has reached u
destroying five native houses. At frt I
only about one-eiglith of IA mile in WIDTH
since widened to about half a mile wide