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

hpSe laws s,ressss, having teeir source SON
I Is o. ~ miles soa,h ef The great crater Q
Maana Lea. and rolllex their seSy wave
down IL the sea At the rate q about 10 mile
an hosr, Sa, rsigss l rot be able 70 reael
the streams. follow their course 10 tho sea
take canoe ard ROW around the Rery cas-
esaSs to keaeAea, in order 10 gain Kilanos
ard NssnA Lea ffom sAe other sides An
o,Aer disappointment; the whole eosst from
NAlAe ap 10 Kssshou, (tAe same eeast whicl
CemmeSore wilkes, Of the Unissa State.
Exploring Expedition, calls ian unfinished
eoSs,, y Vas reported 10 be seoaPletr wreck
all the 6sAiag Villages and hsmlets hsvips
I eSen swept away by esrtA-slidcs or BY sea
tides, with an actual damage smous,ing ID
about sS0,0oo, and the loss Of life Of som,
- or 100 human helags, What could con
seientioes correspondent Of a newspaper dC
In saeh an emergency Why, to Be surf, ~
hack 10 kswSihae, roend the other side o.
the Island 10 Hilo, and from thence 10 The
very source OF all this direfal sorrow aud de-
vsStztion. had half made up my mind 10
do -, whsa my Imagination caught hre all
at oaee AZ the powerful energy displayed by
another devosee Of the press, who declared
that be would set over that little obstacle,
either BY Sss Or land, aud wouldn't carr II
be had 10 sleep oa the very lava dow itself
1 took canoe, and with my luggage len the
steamer and wen, over to the other side of
the Bay, and had the satisfaction Of seeing
cur whole party following up the given im.
rGlss, and landing in the same May. thus
proving the Ola truth tha, excitement is con.
tsgious,
ou the day following. THURSDAY, ssAN our
whole party, a yoans lady Included. were
awakened at an early hour BY very intense.
salPhury smoke. which msde all Of Us cough
uaoss heartily. Coughing, we mounted cur
h0rses, and coughing. NE pursued cur way
towards the lava flows, What dreay way
il was, Lava, and nothing but lava-hows
Of ages past-the whole coGntry for miles
around appeared like an immense frosen sea
Want Of military discipline soou scattered
our party. each going ahead a. best he
could, according to the physical power of
our animals, which. unshoa and thirsty as
they were, werv Sorely tried. and bad deeid-
edly the worst OF it. Nothing, however,
eoald dauut the eusryy Of my fellow traveller
Of the press, who Was always sure to be At
the head, hesdlsss ct the salphury gases that
peicklet cur noses, and Indifferent 10 the
sullel and Uonotouous roar that rung in our
ears. What could that roaring noise mean
We bad asked each other several times al
ready Vas it caused by the breakers dash
ing % the coasts Or by an express train
running AZ fun speed over wooden bridge
Neither, though il sounded very much like it,
We found il out amer time, but to NV
readers may state here that, although sixty
miles from the 6eld OF action, the noise We
heard Was nothing else than the roar of four
powerful eratsrs in 4 tremendous state Of ae-
ton
After 4 weary ride Of several hours We
reached P4hoehoe, the place from whence
In writing now, 90 my way back to KealA-
zekua- We had scarcely sat down to take
aasty dinner, when, at about l o'clock, We
experienced what might be called in good
saruSst. shaking Of the earth It lasted for
over half minute, aud greatly frightened
,ur lady Traveller, TO such i degree, indeed, 4
hat bat one more shock OF the sane intsu- .
ity, which occurred on the following day, [
VS. sufficient TO frigarsn her of altogether. .
bar grief At parting with her was, however,
ouewhas uitisated BY a very acceptable
resent Of packet of trst-elass Chinese tea.
shieh she generously made to myself and
riend-
The way from P4hoshos to WNiOhiuu leads
through dense forest Of Lehua trees, stand
ng BOLDLY out to the sky, with their roots
iruly set within old lava flows of byguue
snturiss. Their rich foIisge was populated
y Il crowd Of Staging birds, which did not
Ppsar TO have taken fright Al tie terrible ex-
ioiri0us OF NATURES wrath At 50 short dis
lnee fruu thsir abode, Ear they incezsaniIy
CURED cut their soug into the sGIphurated
II It INST be the night and morning dew,
Lling generously Ike blessing from above,
q these regions, which supplies them with
ae most Indispensable requisite Of animal
Iistsnes. Tor not drop Of Eatsr could We
I'd ll0gg the ruad- On our right towards
4 west, the 5crsn spread out in al ils sol
IN majesty, Yelled however, By an immense
load Of steam, raised by the pouring in Of
H..7f Z. .
{ the mighty waters against the auiagou- 1
Tie element vas plainly Indicated By line
-ac=i IN form Of a rssf, slowly reeediEz, a. {
EnEilIIag 10 give Nay 10 the more power
L element Passing OF, many traces Of |
lrusr cultivation became visible OF either 1
De Of the ruad- Tracts Of land, nicsly 1
need in. sHi planted at the tine Psrnzps Of
l1ushaueha. the Great, bit neglected and /.
handoued, nat our view Tie sad fact 4 (
1GcisntIy s-IpEEined o. the but too n4laraI |
rad Of these inesssant srupJiou.s Eith their !
.srrueriEe lava flows thai D4T undo in j
mate the toll and work Of IIfs-tiue-
Il E4s already hts IN the s7sulnInz when .
: r=aeaeC 4 snail AaEIzt called kapaa- and :
.pyossd 10 be distant l. niles from the lara I
iva Lots Of nAriEes-aH fsZ1tivez from :
ar the sssze Of distrsz-h4d crowded to Z
.ther here, and taTmsnted u EiEh endless Z
lrlieui4rs aboc- the great event of tie 54y- a
nap, however, spare yo1 The tEozbls Of '
Itri1g Ehsu in print A. have reason to
sIieVe that they were carefully taken down a
|. mora skIIfzi pen than nine I
Il was clearly, though t4eitiy uEderzso0d =
: saea u -, that ne were noE really ap- I
teaching szId q danger he prospect O
!. rot ssrra 10 azrse with another Of o1r =