The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-04-16

/ you with the gTdndeur Of beauty; while Haleakaa
with its black yawnng crater, impresses you rather
with the grandeur Of desolatioa The latter presents
that aspect Of Gods works, before which you would
tremble while the former presents that before which
you would adore and love The scenery here il such
"a will always oil ones memory like the sight Of
! Niagara Falls.
! Among the Clouds.
During the latter part of the day, the clouds
came pouring into the valleys and around the sum
nit, and had most pleasing effect upon the scenery.
| Spreading thin mist over the Inonntains. they
sometimes made them appear more distant and
sublime. Lifting again from valley after valley,
they presented views of the whole in exquisite. sepa
I rate glimpses like the shifting of magic
! lantern. Sometimes they clothed the whole region
in white, though Beauty had taken the veil 10
turn nun. and then they would delicatey spread
their drapery around the SUBMITS, though they
would make bridal wells celebrate the marriage Of
Beauty with the Grandeur of the mountains. 1t
delightful to sit and watch them, the breezes
that swept up to place from various directions
through the different valleys, caused them to curl
and dance over the ridges, and as they seemed TO
play around and hoary old mountain
peak. How fitting that such forms Of beauty should
float forever through these heights, spreading their
wings in the golden light Of morning and evening.
like Cherubim of the Inner Temple of Beauty
The Fog Bow-A Rare Sight.
I and my companions spent the whole day and the
succeeding night on Christmas Mt. In the evening
we had rare sight, which is sometimes called the
Fog Bow and sometimes the Spectre of the Brocken.
The our backs and the fog blowing up at
feet from below. Our shadows consequent
ly cast the clouds about twenty yards distant
and surrounded with ranbows. The shadows rested
Oh the clouds, aud moved with the rainbows
rounding them, moved our positions. The
innerrnost rainbow encircled the head like halo
The next encircled the whole person. and outside Of
these there at times, other rainbows, the
whole forming Of the singular natural
phenomena When stood distance apart
the same shadow and rainbows accom- mpanied each
figure, but when We approached each other and
ha haln ar1r hnru Ioin o1 Thn
mists that frolicked about US, seemed have play
fully caught our images and hung them in picture
frames OF four concentric rainbows Of great bright
ness and beauty. These beautiful halos. with
shadows in the centre, moved moved and
reflected every motion, raised
or walked. receding and drawing nearer with the
mists, growing larger and smaller, for half hour,
till sunset.
Early in the morning descended ridge to
Wsehu, the northern side of the island, feeling
well paid for the excursion. ~
The sight referred to by our correspondent as
the Fog Bow, is an extremely rare one. and only
occurs by combination of favorable circum-
stances. 1t is OF course only witnessed on the
SUBMITS Of mountains, which enveloped in
clouds and fogs. In the E2ectic Magazine for
January find the following item referring to
the sight observed By a traveller in Yer
mont
CLorDs-I known that in the Hartz
mountains Germany, is occasionally image
reflected clouds, being the effect of
reflection from the Of spectator. We
ing account of Mount Mansfield Vermont that Rev Dr.
Kirk OF Boston, recently treated there with spectre
himself, that have illusions. Dr.
Kirk states that afternoon he the form Of Nose
elevated point OF the mountan) distinctly showed passing
cl1uc Ii suggested itself him he might part
Of the sky pictures ascending the
his image but 81 monstrOus size Spreading his
veloped his cloak mighty seemingly
the sky The peculiar position cloud pro-
dnced this does often occur phenomenon rarely
seem
10 be Continued)