The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-01
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precipitately 70 assume erect position. Shout
ing the =lOglu-' Hurrlh for the Union, the
battle became general, and " S,eelpeu, who in view
OF his ulse impartial hi-tyrlugIapher, pru1eHt.y
retired % a urgIDIriug eniucuce, declared il was
the prettie~t SNOWFALL match he had n several
winters. Finding that the depth of snow between
US and the tle-t peak appeared 10 forbid its ascent
We climbed a lesser one, and were gratlhet BY dIs-
covering lIsset OF pure-t water the spot which
had evidently At tme-lges agJ-been a crater.
The water wa- tut few inches il depth, aud Of a
bitter cold The late King j. said have tithed
here once. but could prevail upon only Of his
suite to accompany him into the water, which he
hal scarcely touched before ne hoped out again.
swearing that il hot while the King sereuey
paliiet about, deci ring that it nice We did
not try II.
After spending about an hour at the summit. du-
ring which fired Al a mark with pistols, (thus
d-prOviug the assertion Of your correspondent Of
last year, that caps would explode that height)
and refreshing the inner man, We turned our faces
cImDward, where arrived 1T about ( Z. VI.
While the summit, Of party expe-
riencet any I'll effects from the rIrifei air, beyond
slight dizziness ami unusual shortnes- OF breath af
ter the snow -bllling bout. Was II because we all
had sound lungs: On MIuua Lol, Of less altitude.
we have known Of several persons attacked with
bleeding the nose, and mouth. aud ftiutness
Coming down the mountain the clouds rolled
away frDm the SIDE Of MnunI Lpa, just opposite, and
o. eyes presented the almost startling illusion
Of being least 5000 feet high. The effect was
no doubt produced by cur viewing II from cleva-
tel position, the moment when the base and ex-
treme top was Ub-curcI by clouds, thus leaving to
the imag the points where It began and ended
II was aIaguI ItceHt sight
On the mountain side. u mile from camp. We hal
q delightful drIugnt from a curious spring Of water.
From a hole htli inch IN diameter IN the pliDeiOc
rock in the bel Of gu!Gh jets flrtn q little
Of pure wafer, the height Of a few inches and runs
down iuJD pools for - hundred yards or so This
spring l. said. fails. and Ia its vicinity you
may always be 0f a shot 10 . bullock 4 hog.
The native name % the spring IS Walhu-'' spOuting
water
Breaking up camp, from here proceeded to IA
liieha, vi-ie,l the middle ground" where geese
10 congre.ue. aud btggei'' bngs-ful Of that
OleIeInOus fowl Your space and the patience of your
readers would fail were 20 20 and describe all the
pleasant and lIughable incidents Of the cruise. /
might paint 10 your Imagination the better art Of
vhlor veil n knowledge of gymnastics displayed
by - Chips" iu shining up a tree, when
suggested that cracking in the bushes near by was
caused by big white bull just wounded by a shot
from 1.-The Nountaius'' rifle; hOw 'Selge- hammer
generously orebOre irritating with small shot the
hind parts Of great bore (UOnr,) whose head being
In the bushes, the size O the tushes could only be
guessed at; hOv TYPES" didn't murder anything
bigger than hets during the cruise because his pistol
refused 10 OF when he right amongst pod .
Df wild hogs; now '' The Sheriff bore!
he-hUg ami - jutei' home the hind quarters; in .
short, how We ali ate. ani drank, and laughed, and
slept, and grew flt-but won't.
Yours truly. STEELPEN.