The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-05-06

I OF the island. ana clearly Visible ~ uis'Nnos
Of ave OF six miles nom cur hin, TO which
rctiro IN order to sccap once more a fal
view % the rare scene before me. A ain
galar phenomena has occurred near this
place. Ahnl. BY no means inferior 10 out
ruacAhowi, was thrown up the day Of the
frst eruption; Ia summit Is yelled at this
moment BY thick elead. rent asunder now
and then by vivid flashes Of volcanic light.
enlng. Near n, opposite hsaing place cali
cd Kaillkii. a whole island, named olohene,
entirely DISAPPEARED on the same day, without
leaving the slightest trace behind Il. Well
might Commodore Wilkes, of the I. s Ex.
ploriag Expedition, call this coast an untin-
ished onei Heaven alone knows when II
will be finished
II Is getting late. and our party have re-
tired. leaving my English friend, myself aud
/ guide, masters Of sho Geld. ro,her devotee
Of the press has 10 hasten his thirsty mule,
heavily loaded with his well rcplenlshcd note
book. over a rough country. TO the koss
FhehFs, "a be IN time with hls correspond.
enec for next Saturday; the res, OF our fel.
low travellers have preferred the luxurious
Accommodations Of an abandoned butchers
shop TO a mighty contemplation Of the
mighty fireworks Of the much dreaded Pele.
Apropos Of that guide-one more word
aeou, him ere forget It, His name lie sam.
uel W. Alapai, HE birth place Is Ksawaloa,
as he has told me about doson tunes. lie
is little ambitious, and as he has very
high opinion of that noble institution called
1.-The Press" which l thought very beeom-
ing In him, aud which could not fail to gain
him my good graecs at once. don't see
much Inconvenience In complying with his
modest request to recommend him, by means
of this powerful agency, to the public al
large. May all these that have already had
some experience In travelling. avail them.
selves of his services and welcorae, they win
be well satisfied with him; but as far as
''greenhorns are concerned. no matter to
what nation they may belong. warn them
good naturedly, that he might prove to be
rather "too old a hand " for any Of them.
II is night now, and Of the scene before us
it might well be seid that Il befiled descrip-
ton. The action OF the cones to the FORTH
west was at times not less violent than they
had been during the afternoon, especially
those further to the left, they rather increas-
ed than diminished In wrath. The fiery Jets
shooting up like thousands Of gigantic bou-
quets of rockets, and falling down in grace
full curves, throwing about myriads of bril-
liant sparks, Illuminating the whole eoun-
try for miles arouna The fiery lava stream
before US steadily kept on running sullenly
down at the same rapid rate, tossing up here
and there angry waves Of liquid fire. The
newly formed hill near the end Of the stream
wore an especially gloomy and menacing
aspect; bright flashes Of tightening. rending
every other minute the dark cloud that con-
tinued to veil its summit Thousands of
stumps of trees which had been LEFT standing
upright within the halfcooled lava flow,
were seen dimly burning like so many VIII
o the Wisps in the midst of all this intense
blaze Of fire. Imagine to yourself all this
splendor reflected BY the sky above, and
the light Of the blazing furnace ITSELF and you
have but very faint picture indeed, of what |
it was my good fortune to behold daring all |
that night At midnight strong breeze dis |
persed somewhat for a few minutes, the |
heavy smoke that issued from the cones,
and l could see the moon standing out TO the
east, looking like a faint blush silver cloud
in the midst of the blazing heavens, that
made me almost doubtful of It's identity.
Towards morning, the aetiyiiy of the era
ters was visibly on the decline, although the
ava-how kept on nevertheless, as steadily
Is before. vainly waited for the newly
ormed bill down near the beach to give us
he benefit Of an exhibition, ard it was with
egret that at last tore myself away from
be scene. Our guide, who was anxious for
lis poi, which he had ordered to be kept IN
eadiness for him at PAhoehoe, did also his
Utmost to scare US away from place, where,
5 he said, We stood in imminent risk of
'eing cut of from all further communication
With the world by new outbreaks which
night take place at any time in our rear, in !
be direction Of Kealakekua He got the
etter of Us after all, and about seven o'clock
q the 11th, We headed our horses from the
be eruption